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Word: sabrina (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...born 57 years ago in Chesterfield, N. H. At Amherst College he studied science, was called "Doc" and chosen class president. Sabrina, Amherst's famed 350-lb. "goddess" statue, was stolen from the class of '93 for the '94 class dinner. Afterwards, "Doc" Stone helped sneak Sabrina to the barn of Herman C. Harvey, back in Chesterfield, there to hide her away under the floor from Calvin Coolidge's class. Agnes Harvey, Mr. Harvey's daughter, was a discreet girl. She could keep the secret of Sabrina. "Doc" Stone married...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUDICIARY: Supreme Matters | 5/6/1929 | See Source »

...melodramatic finale is out of key with a long leisurely narrative, packed as it is with rhapsodies on the Severn ("Sabrina Fair"), characterizations of local gentry, exposition of the difficulties and triumphs of a doctor's career...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Doctor's Difficulties | 11/12/1928 | See Source »

Other institutions, less in the world's eye, cherish their idols without fear of comment or reproach. Generations of Annapolis men have worshipped the famous "Tecumseh, god of the passing mark," while the destinies of Amherst are shaped by that elusive goddess, the "Fair Sabrina," who appears to mortal eyes at yearly intervals. At Harvard, there is no god except the Subway rotunda, but since this is not generally known, it has given the "American" few headline thrills...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BRONZE PUP | 3/30/1923 | See Source »

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