Word: cornelius
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...learned education," old Cornelius Vanderbilt once said, "I would not have had time to learn anything else." That was the voice of a past America, which admired the man of letters but adored the man of action. It was an America that believed in the self-taught pragmatist, the graduate of life, the tinkerer who achieved progress through hunch and persistence. The intellectual was, at worst, distrusted as arrogant and impractical; at best, he was respected as a cultural adornment and considered all right-in his place...
...times and first in the fleet twice. Two weeks ago, as 26 boats from eight nations swept out to sea for the start of the Buenos Aires-Rio race, Ondine's chances looked slim indeed. The favorite was Stormvogel, a 73-ft. ketch owned by Dutch Timberman Cornelius Bruynzeel. The heaviest yacht in the race (43 tons), she was the defending champion; in 1962, she won the race in the record time of 191 hrs. 37 min. What's more, she had beaten Ondine all twelve times the two boats...
Those elected were: Chris Cutler, Chris DeMuth, Bo Jones, Ed Kovachy, Dick Manchester, Fred Miller, Cornelius Passani, Frank Reece, Clint Smith, Evon Z. Vogt III, Tom Weiss, and, of course. Hope T. Seeia...
...story tells of a day in the life of Major Cornelius Melody (Ret.), the son of an Irish inn-keeper who once fought bravely under Wellington at the Battle of Talavera. When Melody emigrated, he brought with him the myth that he had formerly been a land-holding aristocrat, now reduced by circumstance to keeping a tavern in America...
...Charles has done beautiful things with the great possibilities for humor and anguish that do exist in Poet. Leigh Warton is superb as Cornelius Melody--the role brings out the qualities in any versatile actor. Katherine Squire plays his wife Nora with a simplicity that suggests deep understanding of her role. As Sara, Miss Alexander has the most demanding job, and particularly in the third act she is wonderful. But her accent is too American--it lies nowhere between her father's aristocratic tone and her mother's brogue--and some of her movements are not fitting...