Word: brooked
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Form, not substance," was the reaction of the Arboretum group, and their tempers were not sweetened when the Corporation ordered the new building begun. Wishing to retain the gardens as the unit Sargent had built, they could brook so such withdrawals, which they said was "milking" the Arboretum and turning it into a "park...
Fourth row: Kekoa D. Kaapu of Honolulu and Lionel; John M. King, of Binghamton, N.Y. and Grays West; Eugene Lew of Baltimore, Md. and Stoughton South; Edward McKirdy of Newark, N.J. and Apley Court; Barry S. Meltzer of Boston and Dudley; E. Richard Meulenberg of Stony Brook, N.Y. and Matthews South; Gordon R. Sugarman of New Haven, Conn. and Mower; Griffth J. Winthrop of Canandaigua, N.Y. and Wigglesworth. Absent was Leon E. Sophics of Worcester, Mass. and Dudley
Bowater built a newsprint mill on the Thames near London, and another near Liverpool, to supply several mass-circulation London dailies. He acquired timberlands and mills in Scandinavia, and as war approached turned to Newfoundland, where he bought International Paper's big plant at Corner Brook, and 7,000,000 acres of timber. At war's end, Sir Eric started diversifying into paper bags, paperboard and other products, which now account for almost 20% of his production. The $250 million Bowater empire now employs 16,000 in some 40 companies spread through eight nations of the free world...
...Brook said that New England weather has become slightly warmer in the last few years. But when asked if New England weather were particularly erratic, he replied, "I guess you have never been to Chicago...
Hurricane Hazel was too far away for Dr. Brook to determine her chances of reaching this area. Even it Hazel were to come, the necessary heat and humidity to keep her going would probably be lacking; and instead of a third hurricane, New England would have to content itself with nothing more than a strong gale and heavy rain...