Search Details

Word: nesbitt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...remainder of the game was largely a midfield stalemate. The Crimson, playing with a somewhat revised line and still bothered by injuries, seldom worked in close enough to give Amherst goalie Dan Nesbitt difficult chances...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Amherst Upsets Soccer Squad, 2-0 | 10/13/1949 | See Source »

...Rickenbacker (H) tied Morrison (MIT), 19 holes; Matson (H) tied Chisholm (MIT), 19 holes; Fuller (MIT) defeated O'Keefe (H), 3 and 2; Seager (H) tied Schoeffel (MIT), 18 holes; Denton (H) defeated Corrie (MIT) 4 and 3; Tisdale (MIT) defeated Lukins (H), 3 and 2; Mee (H) defeated Nesbitt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Night Stops MIT Golf Match in Tie | 4/25/1949 | See Source »

...Nesbitt is truly kind to all of us," commented Columnist Eleanor Roosevelt as she reviewed her ex-housekeeper's White House Diary (TIME, Aug. 2). "It is true she didn't always like all of our friends and some of the visitors seem to have been a real trial, but so far as my husband and myself and the children are concerned she was certainly a very charitable and generous friend . . . I always got on well with Mrs. Nesbitt. My husband became difficult about his food in the last few years . . . The greatest sacrifice which Mrs. Nesbitt made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Angles | 8/23/1948 | See Source »

Gasping Housekeeper Nesbitt spent her first term struggling against chaos. Already, "world leaders were swooping down on us from all directions"-and terrifying memos were swooping down from Mrs. Roosevelt ("Mrs. Nesbitt: There will be 5,000 to tea"). Salesmen stormed the doors with "gift" samples of everything from cravats to cheese; Peach, Cherry and Potato "Queens" left laden bushel baskets all over the floor; deputations stamped in & out; photographers' flashbulbs exploded like small arms. Eighty-three thousand casual visitors streamed through every month, leaving a trail of mud and cigarette butts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Secretary of the Interior | 8/2/1948 | See Source »

Swoons & Spoons. The Roosevelts occupied the whole second floor, which swarmed with children, grandchildren and pets. Affectionate, easygoing, they were the least of Mrs. Nesbitt's worries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Secretary of the Interior | 8/2/1948 | See Source »

| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Next