Word: duncan
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...nostalgia. Americans were exhilarated by a sense of the new but also yearned for the traditional. In the '20s newly minted products were routinely labeled STRICTLY AMERICAN. Collecting Americana -- "antiqueering," as it was known -- become a national hobby. Henry Ford filled warehouses with what he called "American stuff": Duncan Phyfe tables, endless volumes of McGuffey Readers and Thomas Edison memorabilia. John D. Rockefeller Jr. set about restoring colonial Williamsburg, Va., in the painstaking detail that only a billionaire could afford. In the '30s the New Deal was sponsoring research into folk art and folk songs. For the first time...
...Harvard women's swim team, led by Co-Captains Stacie Duncan and Stephanie Wriede and freshman Deborah Kory, took first place in last weekend's Pittsburgh Invitational in Pittsburgh, Penn. While outlasting a strong field of nine, the Crimson compiled an impressive 929 points and beat second-place University of Miami (FL) by almost 200 points...
...Duncan swam extremely fast, as well, winning the 1650 freestyle and taking second in the 400 IM and the 500 free...
EXECUTIVE EDITORS: Richard Duncan, Edward L. Jamieson, Ronald Kriss...
EXECUTIVE EDITORS: Richard Duncan, Edward L. Jamieson, Ronald Kriss...