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Word: physick (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Pierpont Morgan was giving a dance for his eldest granddaughter, Junius Spencer Morgan's debutante daughter Louise. For every young friend of Louise, Grandfather Morgan had invited four of his own associates. All over the house prowled detectives to keep out "crashers" and newshawks. In the library Physick, the Morgan Butler, presided proudly over the first big entertainment since Mrs. Morgan died nine years before. At 9:30 Host Morgan nibbled lobster salad, sausages & scrambled eggs, then retired to be seen no more. After that a Hungarian orchestra played slow stately fox trots, with two waltzes, several tangoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 7, 1935 | 1/7/1935 | See Source »

...York's needy. Excerpt: "We have reached a point where the aid of governments or the gifts of individuals, no matter how generous, are insufficient to meet the conditions which have come upon us. So we must all do our bit. . . ."- While Banker Morgan spoke, his butlers Physick and Biles listened at a receiver in a back room. No photographs of the event were permitted. Employes of Publisher "William Randolph Hearst made and circulated a composite picture (see cut) showing Banker Morgan without glasses. dressed in a business suit, with hands clasped instead of holding manuscript. Hearstpapers, which have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 4, 1932 | 4/4/1932 | See Source »

...whereas it is a laudable Custom in Universities whereby Learning has been encouraged & advanced to confer Academical Degrees or Titles on those who be their Proficiency as to Knowledge in Theology, Law, Physick, Mathematicks or Philosophy have been judged worthy thereof. It is hereby Enacted and Ordained That ye President and Fellows of the said Collidge shall have power from time to time to grant and admit to Academical Degrees as in the Universities in England such as in respect of Learning and Good Manners they shall find worthy to be promoted thereunto...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Harvard Charter Ever Gave College Authority to Grant Honorary Degrees | 3/17/1931 | See Source »

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