Word: newport
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...finding contentment in Concord, where he conversed with simple neighbors, read Oriental literature, wrote his poems of "polar splendor, as of an aurora borealis," found honor in scamps, justice in thieves, energy in beggars, elegance in peasants, even benevolence in misers and grandeur in porters and sweeps. In Newport, traditional home of Tories, toasts were still drunk to the King and culture was crippled by an affected admiration for English writing. In Connecticut the dry, energetic, cranky old genius, Noah Webster, was working out his dictionary that would establish a national language as a bond of national unity. New England...
...Angeles, Calif. Newport's Handsomest...
TIME errs again. Consult any Newport paper and you will find that John JaCob Astor is far from the top in the contest for handsomest man in the still-incomplete voting of the Hospital Fair (TIME, July 20). ANNE C. BARKER...
...Newport...
Right is Reader Barker. Concluded last week, the Newport Hospital Benefit Fair's male beauty race, decided by ballots costing 5? each, went to Nathaniel Peter Hill...