Word: oak
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...newsmen gaped, moved on to the City Hall. There, in a reception room decorated with jonquils and tulips, on a long oak table were spread calf-bound records, property deeds, Great-Grandfather Willkie's will. Their significance, according to Nazi spokesmen: they prove that Willkie is "a liar." Aschersleben's city archivist, Prussian-headed little Rector Goapka, launched into the story of his Willkie research. He made a big point of the four spellings of the name he found in church and city records: Willke, Willcke, Willeke, Willecke. "But," said he, "the name was never Willicke, as Herr...
...other Seniors elected to the Class Day Committee, in order of their total votes, were: Francis M. Simpson of Oak Park, Illinois and Kirkland House, Sheldon Dietz of Brookline and Dunster House, John F. Brooks of Salem and Eliot House, Elliot L. Richardson of Brookline and Winthrop House, and, in a tie for sixth place, George H. Hanford of Cambridge and Winthrop House and Donald A. Donahue of Lawrence and Eliot House...
...Admiral Collingwood who assisted Nelson at Trafalgar and succeeded him in the Mediterranean command later wrote home to his wife: "Tell me, how do the trees which I planted thrive? Is there shade under the oak tree for a comfortable summer seat? Do the poplars grow at the walk, and does the wall of the terrace stand firm...
Weather conditions on both days were extremely poor, with a heavy rain on Friday and such icy snow on Saturday that the slalom race had to be transferred from Oak Hill to Suicide Six in Woodstock...
Finn Ferner, who recently suffered broken ribs on two separate occasions, has received the doctor's permission to race and will be ready to start the downhill event on the Moose Mountain trail Friday morning. He is also slated to compete in the slalom race on Oak Hill the following day, which is his specialty and in which he has the best chance to shine if his condition will permit...