Word: claribel
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...self-deprecation springs from his country roots in Minnesota. His father was a Methodist minister of Norwegian background who spoke with both a strong accent and a stutter. To augment his $1,800-a-year church salary, he sold corn and cabbages out of his garden. His mother Claribel helped out by giving piano lessons. Fritz, as he was called, had his own chores, like gathering corncobs to burn in the kitchen stove instead of coal. He was an enthusiastic singer who competed in school contests; at Sunday church services the Mondales led the congregation in hymns. In 1938, when...
...Take the Claribel hostile fire indicator. This truck-mount - ed radar "tracks bullets ... and pinpoints their source but," adds the knowing copywriter, "ignores stones or bricks...
...land speculator who became a Methodist minister before being wiped out in the '20s by a series of misfortunes-including the long and financially draining illness of his first wife. Before she died in 1923, she mentioned that a good new wife for her husband would be Claribel Cowan-a strong woman with blue eyes and broad shoulders who had studied music at Northwestern University...
...CLARIBEL E. DUTCHER Harrisburg...
...FERNANDO BERCKEMEYER. American-born Claribel Berckemeyer, the stately, attractive wife of Peru's ambassador, offers French cuisine, fine wines and lively parties at a palatial embassy set on 25 wooded acres in Chevy Chase. She and Fernando, a wealthy aristocrat who went to Notre Dame but speaks with a British accent, often entertain younger members of the New Frontier-the Bobby Kennedys, the Paul Fays-and the guests sometimes form conga lines or twist...