Word: haired
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...shock of white hair, more than 27 years' service in Congress* and the chairmanship of the Committee on Agriculture of the House make Gilbert Nelson Haugen a grand old man. Last week he had cause to celebrate. In the first place he had his birthday and entered upon his 68th year, and in the second place farm relief legislation began to pop to the fore, and farm relief is his business...
Died. William Henry Johnson, 84, known as "Zip," for more than 60 years exhibited by P. T. Barnum and others because of his stunted figure, comical head, dark skin, great nose and amusing tuft of hair; in Manhattan of lobar pneumonia and bronchitis...
...feels that he is born for the stage. It is hopeless for one untalented, regardless of one's wealth and one's education, to make a success on the stage. It is a game based on the survival of the fittest, and a young man could struggle until his hair is gray without obtaining the least success. Stage life is a 'hand to mouth' proposition...
...other objects. No golden or silver pieces were found in any of the tombs due to the fact that they had already been broken into by robbers at a much earlier date. Human remains were also not to be discovered, although as many as 17 queues of human hair wrapped up in silk were found hanging in a single tomb probably as a sign of mourning...
...Australia, she tells the story of an eventful, glamorous career, beginning with her struggles as Mrs. Nellie Mitchell Armstrong to interest someone in her voice, her study with Marchesi, eccentric old lady who could not tolerate Nellie's one winter dress and would not let her wash her hair for fear of taking cold. There are more memories than melodies. There are tales of de buts and ovations, of how Peche Melba got its name, of the War work that made her a Dame of the British Empire. There are tales, of practical jokes, most of them expensive, many...