Word: bertha
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...years of mismanagement buried the farm under $127 million of debt, and owner Bertha Wright, who inherited Calumet in 1982, filed for bankruptcy protection in July. Last week all 850 rolling acres of Kentucky bluegrass, 15 red-and-white barns, a 14-room mansion and assorted trophies and memorabilia went on the auction block. Polish-born horseman and aviation magnate Henryk de Kwiatkowski, 64, got the 770-acre main parcel with a $17 million bid. De Kwiatkowski, who also paid $210,000 for the Calumet name, announced that he would keep the farm's staff and operate it as before...
Artifacts inside the bandies layer include the biggest tuba in the world, a bass drum named Bertha, as well as pictures of past bands and a number of "borrowed" sings...
...Mississippi Delta counties of Humphreys and Leflore, where nearly half the primarily black population lives under the national poverty line. Three years ago, the Freedom from Hunger Foundation joined two state agencies to create the Partners for Improved Nutrition and Health. The program enlists volunteers, such as Bertha Thurman, to serve as health advisers in their communities. After completing a 10-week training course, Thurman has become a crucial bridge to the medical system. "We get called on to do everything from provide an aspirin to pay the utility bill," she says. "And we reinforce what the local health department...
...Lobos' exultant Bertha, Lyle Lovett's Friend of the Devil, Costello's Ship of Fools...
Three teams of scientists at the Medical School, led respectively by Roger D. Spealman, professor of psychobiology, Bertha K. Madras, associate professor of psychobiology, and Jack Bergman, assistant professor of psychobiology, are using the primates to study how the behavioral symptoms of addiction are related to the neurochemical effects of the drug...