Word: desmond
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Family. In Melbourne, John Desmond Withers explained why he had stolen $11 from his fiancée: he needed the money for her engagement ring...
...Major Desmond Ferneaux-Lightfoot, D.S.O., of His Majesty's .Brigade of Guards, fascinated Harriet because his character was so mixed. Snootily correct in his brilliant uniform, free-&-easy in old country clothes, Desmond's "animal eyes" made him a scary lover, but he had a wonderfully gentle way with children. To hear him in church, intoning the responses in a pious voice, was enough to convince you that he was a sanctimonious prig-until you saw him gay & dashing in a nightclub. The trusted confidant of his general, Desmond was one of the most promising officers...
Spring Cleaning. It began in 1928 with a series of anonymous letters attacking the vicar, then Canon Desmond Lloyd Wilson, for shooting at birds. Within a few months the letters had driven him from Robin Hood's Bay. His successor, too, resigned under a barrage of anonymous scurrility. One later incumbent of Saint Stephen's got more peace of mind; his wife, without his knowledge, intercepted anonymous letters which arrived for him each week...
...Dave Key, the line played its best hockey of the season, although hampered by the loss of Wally Sears with sickness and the subsequent shuffling of players. The Rileys, as usual, sparked the Green with five goals and four assists between them while goalie Dick Desmond's 36 saves gave them a lot of aid on the defensive...
...Summary: HARVARD (5) DARTMOUTH (8) Sears lw Merriam D. Key c W. Riley McKean rw J. Riley Washburn ld Campbell Greeley rd Thayer Yetman g Desmond...