Word: gifted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...some 600 years the family fended off her threat-and survived. Then, the Tichbornes went to France and the gift was forgotten. In their absence the manor house was destroyed. Two generations of seven sons and seven daughters came & went, and the Tichborne lands and title passed to one Edward Doughty. Born a Tichborne, Edward-by a fluke of fate-had changed his name earlier. The curse was only technically fulfilled, but since then every Tichborne has been careful to make the annual presentation of flour to the villagers of Alresford...
...gusty Dominion daughters gave Mother Britain a wonderful surprise last week. Australia's Labor Parliament approved an outright gift of 25,000,000 Australian pounds ($80,250,000) to the United Kingdom. Next day small sister New Zealand announced a gift of 12,500,000 New Zealand pounds.* Both girls felt they ought to help Mother in her financial pinch; and besides, they owed a lot to her for help...
...After an elaborate practical joke. For Christmas 1885, Hearst sent each of his professors a gift-wrapped chamber pot with the recipient's picture on the inside bottom...
Rebuffed by official quarters, the gals went to their public. Posters were put up in Agassiz Hall, and petitions signed which asked permission from Radcliffe authorities for the maintenance of the crew out of student subscriptions. The plan proposed a one-dollar gift from each of a hundred-odd crew adherents, thus assuring enough money to rent a shell from Weld Boat House, and leaving only repairs and "general maintenance" up to the college exchequer...
...Boston Community Fund led the list of expenses during the fall term. Scholarships, Council and Committee expenses, and loans to student activities took slightly over $1,800 more. Included in the spring budget is a second donation to Brooks House, this time of $3,000, and a $2,000 gift to the Red Cross. More than $2,000 will remain in the Fund for the summer...