Word: laurell
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...President's words, as fitting as the words themselves. From Charlottesville, where he had been resting in "Pa" Watson's three-roomed guest house, the President had motored along the ridges above the Shenandoah Valley, through miles of green pine and spruce, past miles of mountain laurel and white dogwood. At the dead-end of a one-way street, facing a hill that led to the main part of town, the President stood before the old Presbyterian manse. He looked pale and worn; his hands trembled. He began...
Wise old (77) Representative Robert L. Doughton of Laurel Springs, N.C. had displayed his usual foresight. Ready was the Congressional tax expert, round-faced Colin F. Stam, with a much less direct approach to the voters' wallets. Mr. Stam brought in a list which tapped the middle-incomers much more lightly by income taxes but clipped everyone much more thoroughly via indirect or nuisance taxes (see Table, p. 22). True, Mr. Stam's income taxes do not pretend to bring the U.S. in as much new revenue as the Treasury's ($1.1 billion against $1.5 billion...
DIAGNOSIS: MURDER - Rufus King Crime Club ($2). Seven stories (one long) presenting Dr. Colin Starr, snappy young medico-criminologist. Starting from a gazebo hanging over Laurel Falls, Dr. Starr cleverly psychs his way about Ohio to the benefit of society at large...
...grey air. Troopers carried the coffin into the grey, unfinished Washington Cathedral. A dull light edged through the rose window, on the guard of honor, the Union Jack, the Ambassadors, the Supreme Court Justices, the generals, the Cabinet officers, the wreaths of chrysanthemums from President Roosevelt, of laurel and palm from King George VI. In the middle of the service there was a special prayer: "Most merciful and compassionate God and Father of all men, we commend to Thy loving care and protection the people of Great Britain. In this hour of their need do Thou strengthen and sustain them...
When most members of Congress were busy composing speeches for the benefit of constituents back home. Christy's thoughts wandered to the race tracks of Laurel, Bowie or Havre de Grace. Friends who thought his heart was in the right place never accused him of having his heart in his work. So when Louis Capozzoli decided to run for Congress from the Thirteenth District, Christy had no trouble making up his mind to retire. Louis Capozzoli was popular and might have been hard to beat. By retiring, Christy could continue as leader of Tammany Hall and go on dreaming...