Word: somerset
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...professional writers. The weekly ran a literate section on English grammar and word usage, carefully recommended good books, had a steady circulation of 80,000. When it rejected a manuscript, it offered a detailed criticism. Among its regular contributors: Winston Churchill, Rebecca West, Arnold Bennett, Max Beerbohm, W. Somerset Maugham. During World War II, newsprint restrictions and the exodus to the services cut John O'London's circulation to 50,000, and it never recovered. Last week its publishers sadly announced the last issue; high costs and changing tastes had forced the magazine out of business. Lamented John...
...time John Sherman Cooper was born in the big house overlooking the town of Somerset, six ancestors had been county judges, and two had been circuit judges; the Coopers were the wealthiest, most prominent family in the county...
...uniform of Colonel-in-Chief of the Coldstream Guards, she watched the Trooping the Color ceremony on London's Horse Guards parade ground. Later, the Queen proclaimed the fifth honors list of her reign. Among the 2,500 British and Commonwealth citizens on the roster: old (80) Author Somerset Maugham, who joined the exclusive ranks (limit: 50 members) of the Companions of Honor; sharp-tongued Poetess Edith (Facade) Sitwell, 66, now a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire; solid Sir Gladwyn Jebb, 54, now Britain's Ambassador to France after four years as Britain...
...SOMERSET MAUGHAM...
...that seemed to leave Britons just about where they started. A correspondent from Timberscombe, Somerset began all over again: "Is fissive admissive...