Word: jacob
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...middle of the last century, the Reverend Mr. Jacob Abbott wrote a series of guide-books for children in which a character named Rollo asked endless questions of his Uncle George. Delmar Leighton '19, Dean of Freshmen, likes to quote from a parody of the series called "Rollo Visits Cambridge" in which Rollo asks Uncle George "What is a Dean?" and his sage relative replies: "A Dean is a sedate gentleman seated at a table playing solitaire, but he is also sort of a beadle, 'an official guide to the University' allowed to receive no fees for his services." Then...
...Harvard man, Julius H. Soble '27, counsel for Theodore W. Voutritsa, and Francis Juggins, representing Anthony Novicki and Jacob Lewis, said that they will base their appeal on Judge Lewis Goldberg's denial of a motion for directed verdict...
...guilty are Nicholas Mavrides, 39, Prince st., and Theodore W. Voutritsa, 37, Concord ave., both of this city, Anthony Novicki, 31, Dedham and Jacob (Jack) Lewis, 47, South End, Boston...
Moscow managed to sound almost abused in answering the announcement that Jacob Lomakin, Soviet consul general in New York, was being ejected by the U.S. It rejected the State Department's accusations on the grounds that they were "unfounded and contrary to fact." The Soviet note blandly explained: "Since Kasenkina is in a hospital virtually under prison conditions ... statements described to her cannot be considered as deserving any confidence...
Meanwhile he had also become consul general in New York City, a job second in importance only to that of ambassador. Jacob had certainly made good. In fact, there was no telling where he might have gone if Oksana Stepanovna Kasenkina, the schoolteacher, had not jumped out of the third-floor window of his consulate...