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Word: hadly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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When the corpse of a bearded man, dressed only in pajamas, was found stretched on the pavement of London's Horse Guards Parade, it seemed a fairly simple matter to identify him. But it soon turned out that: his beard was false, a patch of his left eyebrow shaved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Murder! | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

In London Ben had his ups and downs: friends failed him, he got into near-scrapes over women. "Thus his moral renovation began. Like a good Bostonian, he gave moral lectures to others to cure himself." In 1726 he returned to Philadelphia, went to work in earnest. Soon he was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: World Citizen | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

Says Author Faÿ: "The secret of Franklin was his memory and his shrewd cleverness. It was easy for him to recall the slightest detail of even distant events, and he had a plan for everything." In spite of his careful creed of moderation, Ben was "cheerful and fond of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: World Citizen | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

Franklin Buchanan, probably named after the late great Ben Franklin, was born in Baltimore in 1800. At 15 he entered the U. S. Navy as midshipman, at $19 a month, and, like other midshipmen, found it hard to buy all the proper uniforms on that pay. At 23 he served...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sailor | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

When the Mexican War broke out (1846), there was no holding Sailor Buchanan: he applied for active service, was accepted, and saw it. "For services rendered in Mexico," he was officially complimented by the Maryland Legislature, presented with 160 acres in Iowa. The Civil War found him in command of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sailor | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

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