Word: desiree
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Dr. Abraham S. Wolf Rosenbach, who bought the manuscript, is probably the most energetic bibliophile now at large. In addition to paying as he did for the manuscript of Alice one of the highest prices that has ever been given for an author's manuscript, he distinguished himself two...
In contrast to her earlier saga of the Jewish Matriarch's passionate assumption of power, Author Stern now tells the story of an Anglo-Saxon mother's fluttering desire, not for power, but for filial devotion, which is doled out to her spasmodically, and none too generously by...
"I write with no purpose of challenging the motives of the members of the House or unduly criticizing their action. On the contrary, I feel certain that that body was largely influenced by the desire of showing that spirit of forgiveness and conciliation which are so honorable to human nature...
This was Dr. Stephen Samuel Wise, Rabbi of the Free Synagogue (Manhattan) and ardent Zionist, who had had a disagreement with British Dr. Chaim Weizmann, president of the World Zionist Organization. The cause of the crack was to be found, at least partially, in Dr. Wise's eagerness to...
For nearly 75 years, ever since its organization, the New York Clearing House* has issued a weekly statement showing the financial condition of New York member banks; showing, among other things, whether their reserves are above or below legal requirements. Last week it quit giving out statements, ostensibly because the...