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Word: flanigan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...executed, Sallie Bingham's story about a devout Roman Catholic practising Christian Science somehow lacks interest. The Advocate's fragments of Professor Whitman's translation of The Alcestis, with their alliteration and charming metre, seem very well done. Aside from this, however, this issue's poetry is unexciting. Paul Flanigan has written a "pretty" sonnet, expressing Keatsian sentiments with rather abstract words. There is also another of Andre Gregory's hoaxes. This one is about a sea-walnut. John Ratte's cover is, as usual, architectural...

Author: By Frank R. Safford, | Title: The Harvard Advocate | 12/2/1955 | See Source »

...Vegas, appearing at the Sahara Hotel for $12,500 a week, Christine (ne George) Jorgensen, 27, showed off an engagement ring received from a Washington, D.C. suitor who also sends yellow roses every day. The suitor: willowy (6 ft. 3 in.) Artist Patrick Flanigan, 26, now married but planning a divorce. Flanigan, who painted his way into Christine's affections during 60 hours of portrait sittings, was like any young man in love. "We're just two people trying to find peace and happiness," said he. "She [Christine] is beautiful-and a lady...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Nov. 23, 1953 | 11/23/1953 | See Source »

...Manufacturers Trust Co., directors chose big, white-thatched Henry C. von Elm, 62, longtime banker and chairman of Manufacturers since 1947. Von Elm, who has charmed even the most ornery stockholders by his suave conduct of the bank's annual meetings, was succeeded as chairman by Horace C. Flanigan, 59, who moved up from vice chairman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What? No Slapstick? | 10/2/1950 | See Source »

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