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Word: kenly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Never again will Professor Murdock, ex-Master of Leverett House and "Ken" to the Rabbits, come charging through the Bunny-hutch Common Room, arms swinging fantastically up and down as if he were clutching at the smoke in the air, and throw his entire length upon the deep sofa for half an hour's relaxation after dinner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Leigh Hoadly Will Replace Murdock as Hutch Master | 9/22/1941 | See Source »

...Leverett will not be as short-lived as his tenure. One of the most successful traditions fostered by Professor Murdock was the annual Christmas reading, which Professor Hoadley intends to perpetuate. The evening was invariably begun with an excerpt from the Gospel according to St. Luke, but before long "Ken" launched into long quotations from Dorothy Parker and Bob Benchley, whose works, along with those of P.G. Wodehouse, lined his library shelves...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Leigh Hoadly Will Replace Murdock as Hutch Master | 9/22/1941 | See Source »

...Married. Ken Murray, 38, film and radio comedian; and Cleatus Caldwell, photographer's model; he for the second time; in Hollywood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jul. 14, 1941 | 7/14/1941 | See Source »

When Dan Beard was a boy he used to go fishing in Bank Lick, between the Confederate and Federal lines near the Ken tucky-Ohio border. In those days, if you were lucky, you could get 92-lb. catfish in Midwestern rivers. The boys called themselves Boone's Scouts; they would crawl on their hands and knees if the pickets began shooting at each other over their heads. Once Dan was fishing in Bank Lick when a beech tree suddenly exploded in the quiet afternoon, split as if hit by lightning. It had stopped a solid ball from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOY SCOUTS: Ninety Years | 6/23/1941 | See Source »

...following August. Publisher Smart finally discontinued unsuccessful Ken at a total loss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Saga of Smart | 5/12/1941 | See Source »

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