Word: duel
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...Settle them cases yourself." Andy settled them, he never sued. When he courted Rachel Donelson Robards, another man's wife, and married her in all innocence before she was technically divorced, the affair became a perennial source of affronts which he was quick to resent. In his famed duel with Charles Dickinson, a crack shot. Jackson expected to be hit first but counted on his will-power to pull him through. He was hit, near the heart, but he killed Dickinson...
...Boston" program sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, authorities of the Fogg Art Museum, are not only presenting three lectures but are opening numerous exhibits today. These include a special exhibition of water colors by outstanding modern American artists, drawings from the Loeser collection, Japanese prints from the Duel collection, and a display of early American furniture, painting, and silver...
...President Sanchez Cerro (then a lieutenant colonel) argued the merits of this treaty fiercely with General Vasquez Cobo, charged that it was signed under the influence of bribes. So tart were the General's retorts that Latin friends of the peppery pair said afterward: "They almost fought a duel...
...whole department may be said to have been added to the Fogg Museum with the gift of over 3,000 Japanese prints that have just been presented by a group of anonymous donors. This collection, formerly owned by Dr. A. B. Duel of New York, is one of the largest in the country, and many of the items are of great rarity and beauty...
Together with the prints, the Museum has received Dr. Duel's valuable library of books on the subject. A catalogue prepared by American and foreign scholars accompanies the collection, which is now being classified and arranged in cases. Later this month, a small public exhibition will be held consisting of a selection from the outstanding examples...