Word: jespersen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...many books on proper English usage already exist-Strunk, Fowler, Jespersen, Evans, Mencken-that the appearance of yet another is a case of meeting an unfelt need. One dependable authority in this field, like one telephone company, should be enough, and the English-speaking world has had one since British Lexicographer Henry...
Even some of Kenya's fabled white hunters are beginning to pull up stakes and leave. Two of the most prominent, Albert and Fred Bartlett, have sold their farm near Mount Kenya to make a new life in Australia; Ken Jespersen is in the U.S. seeking work; Eric Rungren, a veteran elephant hunter, may move to California or Florida and grow oranges. All this promises further damage to the faltering economy, by discouraging foreign tourists...