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Word: porcellain (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...prospered in the East India trade, he went to Groton, where he was a Big Man, and to Harvard where he got his degree in three years. His muscular 6-ft.-2-in. frame bent an oar in the varsity crew and he became a member of the exclusive Porcellain Club. After graduation he went to work for the conservative old Boston banking house of Kidder, Peabody...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Read the Bill! | 2/26/1934 | See Source »

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