Word: hawkes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...members of the board are: Josquin Eduardo Bacardi of Newton Centre; Thomas Hawk Creighton of Albany, N. Y.; Stephen Olin Dows of Rhinebeck, N. Y.; Murray Pease of Richmond Hill, N. Y.; George Eugene Pretzfeld of White Plains, N. Y.; Elroy Sidney Webber of Springfield: Redmond Stephens Wright of Chicago...
Another example is Raphael Sabatini. The success of "Seara Mouche" sold most of the copies of "Captain Blood", led to reprint of "The Snare", and will considerably hoost the sale of "The Sea Hawk" which was scheduled to appear this week. Houghton Miffin are the publishers...
...rule we do not like books that speak of "this America of ours", but once in a great while we do appreciate the sentiment. By all means don't make the American eagle scream, but after he has been dubbed everything from hawk to cuckoo it is only fair that the poor bird should say something to remind us that he is, after all, an eagle...
...problem. A porcupine quill is included for its penetrating quality; a bit of leopard's hide because the leopard represents strength; a stone from the stomach of a crocodile because of the local legend that a crocodile which has swallowed nine stones cannot be harmed; a piece of a hawk, which gathers everything in its talons, symbolizing the bringing to bear of all these forces upon the problem...