Word: holderness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...brains of the Confederacy" was moonfaced, wily Judah P. Benjamin. An unusual character in other respects, Benjamin arrived in New Orleans with $4 after being mysteriously kicked out of Yale in his third year, quickly rose to be one of the most successful lawyers of his day, a Senator, holder of three Cabinet posts, Davis' confidant. Called "the Mephistopheles of the Rebellion," connected with many a shady deal in speculation and filibustering, Benjamin boasted that no letter of his would be found when he died. Only a few were. Yet he was thought charming by Mrs. Chestnut, "that tart...
...vote of the Harvard Corporation, Robert Frost, thrice winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry and first holder of the Ralph Waldo Emerson Followship in Poetry, has been appointed an Associate of Adams House, it was announced yesterday...
...word "fellow" itself is derived from a Medieval English word meaning "holder of property." The President and Fellows hold Harvard's vast and far-flung empire, formulate the University's financial and educational policies, and alone can choose or oust a President...
...defending holder of the silver cup, is the favorite for the race with Brown and Princeton close behind. The race will be sailed on the Bruins' home course starting at 12:30 o'clock...
Another substitute, Ray Guild, paved the way for the last period tally by three successive runs which totalled 45 yards. Waldstein scored on a one-yard plunge, and Fisher again converted. Guild, a state record-holder in the 100-yard dash, who had made very little impression heretofore outside of the scrimmages, displayed a promising mixture of speed and deception in Saturday's game...