Word: francises
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Francis Hopkinson (1737-91) was a Philadelphia lawyer ("One of your pretty, little, curious, ingenious men," wrote John Adams), inventor of an improved method of quilling the harpsichord, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and the first native American composer. He wrote several English-flavored songs, a quantity of church...
CONNIE FRANCIS, born Constance Franconero, who broke into a network show with a kid act when she was four, later graduated to the Catskill Borsch circuit-the Concord, Grossinger's, Brown's Hotel. M-G-M Records liked her throaty, sob-ridden voice, changed her name and signed...
Last week the Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Mississippi's Democrat James Oliver Eastland. and the House Judiciary Committee, starring Pennsylvania's Democrat Francis E. ("Tad") Walter, co-author of the McCarran-Walter Immigration Act. handed the President and the U.S. their answer. Its net: the U.S.'...
¶ Turned down the plea of Old Guard Republican Samuel Wilder King, 70, for renomination, instead chose young (38) Honolulu Ikeman, Lawyer William Francis Quinn, as twelfth territorial governor of Hawaii.
¶ After twelve-year-old Carol Francis won two races at London's St. James Ladies' Swimming Club, Proud Papa Fred Francis gave her a pound note ($2.80). Promptly, Club Secretary Florence Fuller ruled the gift made Carol a pro, last week barred her from the pool, primly...