Word: welsh
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Other recipients from the University were: John T. Dunlop, professor of Economics Howard W. Emmons, professor of Engineering Sciences, Elmer D. Merrill, Arnold Professor of Botany, Emeritus, Renato Poggioli, professor of Slavic and Comparative Literature, John H. Welsh, associate professor of Zoology, and Ernest E. Williams, instructor in History...
...Pronounced koom, meaning a circular bowl carved by glacial erosion; a Welsh word for valley...
Arriving in Manhattan for a tour of universities, Welsh Poet Dylan (rhymes with penicillin) Thomas found time for some shop talk with the New York Times. Who was his favorite poet of the century? "Thomas Hardy," said Thomas. His favorite word? "I like to put down the word blood. It's a curious kind of word; it means insanity, among other meanings...
...judge had a ticklish task. Which one of the six dogs would he choose? English setter, wire-haired dachshund, Welsh terrier, Brussels griffon, standard poodle or Doberman pinscher? Each dog had been trained to the tail tip, each had survived a two-day ordeal of poking and prodding by judges. Each was the best of its breed and the best of its group. Now, from all the 2,451 dogs originally entered last week in the 76th annual Westminster Kennel Club Show at Madison Square Garden, the judge had to choose one as the best...
...Great Rogue." For some years he struggled to make both ends meet, practicing with small profit first in Welsh mining towns, then in a shabby London street. But almost overnight, his luck turned. He was called in, purely for emergency reasons, to attend a wealthy patient, and in her wake came an avalanche of Mayfair clients who filled his purse with a "golden stream." Unlike his Scottish and Welsh patients, many of these newcomers were merely "idle, spoiled and neurotic," but young Dr. Cronin was too thrilled by success to care much about that "("I was, I assure...