Word: bourn
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Indies, once the bourn of every explorer, source of spices and plumes and gold, home of the noble savage, Ophir, cradle of wealth, land of the faraway dream, are now the backyard of squabbling empires. Six captious countries have their pieces...
...Borrowed Time (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer), borrowed from the 1938 Broadway hit, is a rose-colored peek at the bourn Hollywood visited in Death Takes a Holiday. As gently as a mortician, but allowing itself an occasional smile, it presents Death as a softspoken, courteous gentleman ("Mr. Brink") equipped with an impeccable British accent. Its story is what might happen if an old man, tenacious of life, could get this urbane Grim Reaper trapped up an apple tree...
...other semifinalists were beefy Cyril Tolley, champion in 1920 and 1929. who has lately done most of his golfing in the U. S., and a capable Scotch player named Thomas Arundel Bourn, 23 years younger than Scott. When Dunlap lost, everyone knew what to expect: Tolley would beat Bourn and then take the final. Instead, playing on a course he distrusts because it imposes eccentric penalties on his long drives, Tolley lost to Bourn in a tight match, after 20 holes. Next day, Scott made matters easy by piling up a 5-hole lead in the morning. In the afternoon...