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Word: greenleaf (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Cornhill has long been one of the favorite browsing grounds of the great literary figures of New England. John Greenleaf Whittier, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Louisa May Alcott, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and scores of others prowled through the shops there often. Whittier's earliest works were first published in one of the printing shops in the area, as were the first editions of numerous now-famous pieces of American literature...

Author: By Russell B. Roberts, | Title: Boston Redevelopment Will Claim Historic Sites in Cornhill Vicinity | 4/9/1962 | See Source »

...Detectable Plan. Inside, the Observer scattered, according to no detectable pattern, a clutch of articles, feature stories, puzzles, pictures, cartoons, weather maps and poetry (including all 60 lines of John Greenleaf Whittier's Barbara Frietchie). Two stories on Pope John XXIII ran on separate pages (4 and 26); an obituary on Violinist Fritz Kreisler appeared on page 8, an obituary on French Artist Andre Lhote on page 15. Readers anxious to discover how the new paper would deal with U.S. culture were soon disillusioned: the Observer begged the question. Theater and book reviews were shot through with a rehash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Enter the Observer | 2/16/1962 | See Source »

...Selfstyled descendant of famed Poet John Greenleaf Whittier," Caryl Chessman is not only a criminal but also a phony. John Greenleaf Whittier never married, and therefore no one would ever believe that he left any descendants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 21, 1960 | 3/21/1960 | See Source »

...Strangely enough, the man who created all the noise was neither lawyer, nor governor, nor humanitarian, but the criminal himself. Self-styled descendant of famed Poet John Greenleaf Whittier, Caryl Chessman was the son of an unstable Hollywood movie-studio worker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUSTICE: The Quality of Mercy | 2/29/1960 | See Source »

After that, Greenleaf increased its population to 12,000 laying hens and 10,000 breeders, ordered a new hatchery put up near the old warehouse, built a cleaning, grading and packing plant outside Beirut. Greenleaf also sparked an upturn in sales of chickens, once deemed strictly a rich man's dish, and Beirut housewives now buy 40,000 a week. Another result: 32 chicken rotisserie stores have opened in Beirut since 1958, and 64 more await licenses. Greenleaf also sells chicks to local farmers who want to learn how to raise quality egg-layers or well-fattened roosters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUSINESS ABROAD: How to Feather a Nest | 2/8/1960 | See Source »

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