Word: winthrops
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...WINTHROP WOMAN (586 pp.)-Anya Seton-Houghfon Mifflin...
There are those who like history and those who like novels; both classes of readers are apt to be depressed by historical novels. This form of literature, which requires a strict convention of disbelief, is perfectly exemplified in The Winthrop Woman, a bulging package of period color, religion, sex, sadism and witchcraft. It is written in what can only be called Williamsburg prose-the settings and costumes are as authentic as money and research can buy, and if the hands and heads that stick through the quaint old collars and cuffs are stuffed with straw, there will be no complaints...
...household word-on March 1 from Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith. The switch was caused by the resignation of General Partner Alpheus Crosby (Alphie) Beane, 47, but it is really a long-needed tribute to the firm's chief executive, Directing Partner Winthrop Hiram Smith...
...yard medley relay--Won by Harvard: Murray, Stanley, Perilman, and Boeckeler; second, Pennsylvania: Kuhl, Sieck, Norcross, and Barthel-Rose. Time--4:10.0. 220-yard free style--Won by Ulbrich (H); second, Seaton (H); third, Arndt (P). Time--2:17.8. 50-yard free style--Won by Zemo (H); second, Winthrop (H); third, Crosby (H). Time--23.9. Dive--Won by Gorman (H); second, Stone (H); third, Fox (P). 80.22 points. 200-yard butterfly--Won by Hammond (H); second, Mahoney (H); third, Hill (P). Time--2:28.6. 100-yard free style--Won by Mischner (H); second, Winthrop (H); third, Bay (P). Time...
...M.I.T.). Time--2:19.6. 440-yard freestyle--Won by Seaton (H); second, Kohlman (M.I.T.); third, Pecsok (H). Time--5:11.2. 200-yard breast-roke--Won by McCartney (H); second, West (M.I.T.); third, Falk (H). Time--2:37.9. (breaks pool record). 400-yard freestyle relay--Won by Harvard: Rose, Nash, Winthrop, and Cochran; second, M.I.T.: Veeck, Kossler, Kane, and Windle; Time...