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Word: precociousâ (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1926-1926
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...Harvard?a fact which seems to have annoyed certain stiff-jointed metropolitan pundits, who, holding Whitman to be an object for grave veneration, have almost called Cameron Rogers an overweening puppy. But young Author Rogers is not overweening nor has he overreached his powers. He is mature, not precocious???maybe as the result of a cosmopolitan upbringing. He and his brothers were schooled in Switzerland. His summer vacations from college were all spent with the Meynell family in England?authors Wilfrid and Alice and their talented children. After college, where he had played at football and tennis as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NON-FICTION: Idler | 6/7/1926 | See Source »

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