Word: rumford
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Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford by the grace of Karl Theodor, Elector of Bavaria, was an arrogant, auburn-haired New England dandy with a taste for rich widows and a talent for cultivating royalty. Egotistical and a thoroughgoing snob, he deserted the colonies during the American Revolution and went into the pay of the British. But for all his faults, he was a remarkable scientist. In a bright, admiring new book, An American in Europe (Rider & Co., London), British Journalist Egon Larsen celebrates the 200th birthday of "the insufferable genius...
...Salem townsfolk. The display was one of his few failures: Ben was literally hoist with one of his own petards. After a long and painful recuperation, he attended classes in "experimental philosophy" at Harvard, studied a little medicine, and at 20 was teaching school in Concord. N. H. (formerly Rumford, Mass.). There he wooed a wealthy widow some 13 years his senior, won her and became a gentleman of independent means...
Crimson skiers performed well in weekend competition at Rumford, Maine...
...members of the varsity ski team will compete today in the Eastern Ski Association's cross-country and jumping events at Rumford, Maine...
Dave Hedberg, number two man on the varsity golf team, played to an unusual tie with his opponent as the team split with Brown yesterday, 3 1/2 to 3 1/2. The match was played at the Wannamolsetta Country Club in Rumford R.I. Under team match rules players who are tied at the end of the regulation 13 holes can not play off their match in extra holes...