Word: nestor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...House Judiciary Committee was concerned, OPM's answer was not the right answer. Said Chairman Hatton Sumners, Nestor of the House: "We here in Congress are under pressure from many sources to act in this situation, because we represent the whole people. If we don't act we may not come back here...
Garrulous Old Boy. North of the Bay of Pylos in Greece, the University of Cincinnati's Archeologist Carl William Blegen unearthed fire-scarred remains of a building which he identified as the palace of Nestor, ancient king of Pylos-the garrulous old boy of the Iliad and Odyssey who was always dishing out advice and talking about his early exploits. Pottery found on the floors was dated near the close of the 13th Century B. C., putative time of the siege of Troy. Digger Blegen declared that more than 600 clay tablets, apparently bearing lists of persons, inventories...