Word: beecher
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...month in Moscow, Georgia-born Author Erskine (God's Little Acre) Caldwell, 55, returned to the U.S. little richer but far wiser about the Soviets' fast way with a ruble. As one of the U.S.S.R.'s most popular U.S. writers (others: Mark Twain, Jack London, Harriet Beecher Stowe), Caldwell was intrigued about his royalties, if any, from many years of publication of his books. To his surprise, he learned that each publishing house had kept a tab of a sort on its debt to him. At one of them, he was told over much vodka that...
...Eliot House and New Brunswick, N.J., H. Kent Allen '59, of Dunster House and Chatham, David M. Asher '59, of Lowell House and Chicago, III., Kenneth Auchincloss '59, of Lowell House and New York City, Alfred C. K. Bakhash '59, of Lowell House and Teheran, Iran, Jonathan F. Beecher '58, of Adams House and Milton, David W. Bernstein '59, of Dunster House and New York City, Peter H. Bodenheimer '59, of Eliot House and Salt Lake City, Utah, Peter P. Brooks '59, of Eliot House and New Canaan, Ct., David O. Carpenter '59 of Winthrop House and Granada, Minn., Michael...
...Radcliffe Women's Archives recently received a gift of original correspondence and books from the writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. All of Mrs. Stowe's writings, numerous translations of her famous book, and many unpublished letters are included in the collection...
...addition to the material concerning Mrs. Stowe herself, there is a volume of similar matter relating to the Stowe and Beecher famlies. Because of the value of the gift, Mrs. Richard Borden, Director of the Archives, stated that should funds become available, the Archives would like to create a Beecher-Stowe Memorial Room...
...Beecher and Smith checked swimming times, running speeds, shot-putting, and weight-throwing in their study. Weight-throwers registered the greatest improvement, with a three to four per cent increase in performance after dosage...