Word: expert
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Somerville, Mass., Sign Painter Jeremiah Christopher Leonard bought a Madonna and Child from a junk shop for $6. For three years the painting hung in the Leonard parlor. Then it was shown to a doctor friend, an art connoisseur, who promptly called in experts. Boston Fogg and Metropolitan Museum people agreed that the picture was 400 to 500 years old. One expert thought it might be the work of Antoni Allegri (1494-1534), known as Correggio. If so, Sign Painter Leonard's painting might be worth...
Inside the plant two dozen peace officers and firemen tried to think. Assistant Fire Chief James Bolz had an idea. He telephoned to nearby California Institute of Technology, pleaded for an explosives expert. In a few minutes a lone automobile slid to a stop at the scene. Out stepped Professor William Noble Lacey, the brisk embodiment of Science, to the rescue...
...Ephraim, Utah, youngsters found the body of a 2-year-old boy, skilfully preserved, stuffed by an expert taxidermist and buried in a hillside...
...Sopwith's first wife, a daughter of the 8th Baron Ruthven, died. The present Mrs. Sopwith, whom he married two years ago, is an expert deep-sea fisherwoman, last year caught a 640-lb. tuna in British waters after a 6-hour struggle. As enthusiastic about sailing as her husband, Mrs. Sopwith will be the first woman ever to help man a boat in an America's Cup race. Her job will be time keeper. At the start, with a stopwatch in each hand, she will let her husband know how many seconds he has before Endeavour can cross...
...handful of houses now at or near the peak of their power as arbiters of the ultra-modern haute couture. They are not necessarily the most popularized, nor are they all heavily patronized by U. S. buyers. Regardless of who else might be included nearly every fashion expert would agree that in this group the following houses most decidedly belong: Vionnet, Lanvin, Augustabernard, Main-bocher, Molyneux and Schiaparelli...