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...Webster's Surprise
...neither "surprised" nor "astonished" that what Mr. Gogarty or Mr. Palmer [TIME, March 25] "thought 'e might require, 'e went and took the same as me," but the story does have a long white beard. Years ago it was told about as follows, happily illustrating Noah Webster's nice discrimination in his choice of words...
...afraid to be outshone by his lesser lights, he has surrounded himself with a brilliant supporting cast. Margaret Webster has again molded together one of the colorful and scenically interesting productions which have made her almost as famous as Evans himself on the American stage. Melpomene may well smile on the cold wastes of Boston this week, for here resides, for the nonce, the true spirit of tragedy...
...also a verb, transitive and intransitive (see Webster...
...Webster...