Word: earls
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...right for $64. Now for $128. The land agent of the Earl of Erne in County Mayo in 1880 was so tyrannical that the people banded together and refused to have any dealings with him. What word comes from this...
Scheduled for 1960 completion, the $75 million Astor Plaza will have a rooftop helicopter landing field, a sub-basement garage, a sunken garden, subterranean passages to funnel its 10,000 workers to nearby subways. Architects Robert Carson and Earl Lundin plan to set the metal and glass-faced tower back from the thoroughfare, flank it with one- and two-storied shops and restaurants to give emphasis to the slab construction...
...Family Tree. Despite this setback the debutante did well (three corsages to wear on Easter Sunday), and she married "strong, assured, sophisticated" Lieut, (j.g.) Earl Winfield Spencer Jr., with whom she lived the life of a Navy wife from Peking to Pensacola. Alas, came the terrible time when Lieut. Spencer, who had begun to hit the bottle with naval thoroughness, locked her in the bathroom. Despite family pleas-"the Montague women do not get divorced"-Wallis felt it was time to set a precedent...
Robert Braucher, professor of Law, and Paul A. Freund, Charles Stebbins Fairchild Professor of Law, made the suggestion on the grounds that Hand's appointment would not be subject to review by Congress, as was Chief Justice Earl Warren's recess appointment...
...more men like Henry Earl Diffenderfer-who will "beg if necessary" for the continuation of higher educational opportunities for a fine-spirited citizenry all but crushed by the mighty military machine of the U.S.A.-and our reputation in the Orient would be greatly enhanced...