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Left. By Frederick Gilmer ("Bon") Bonfils, flamboyant publisher of the Denver Post: a net estate of $11,829,570.12 (almost four million more than was estimated when the will was opened after his death-TIME, Feb. 13, 1933); to his foundation for the "Advancement of the Welfare of Mankind," his wife, daughters, other relatives, employes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Feb. 12, 1934 | 2/12/1934 | See Source »

...English department. One of them is tiny, big-voiced John Livingston Lowes, 66, keen student of the Romantic Movement. He is perhaps the most brilliant U. S. example of the great scholar-teacher whom President Conant wants on his faculty. Another giant is snowy-bearded George Lyman Kittredge, 73, bon vivant, Chaucer and Shakespeare authority, prime link between Harvard's past & present...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Chemist at Cambridge | 2/5/1934 | See Source »

...modern players, as a whole, are just as good as the old timers. I know that many a fine player of my days would not even make the varsity squad in this present age of forward passes, intricate offences, speed, and brains. I consider Bon Ticknor to be one of the greatest players I have ever seen. He could do everything: block, tackle, knock down passes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Former Harvard Captain Sees Brains Of Today Surpass Yesterday's Brawn | 11/25/1933 | See Source »

...accord with the times. It represents the banishment to triviality of a function which his forerunners have allowed to assume undue proportion. Having withdrawn as a public entertainer, Mayor-elect La Guardia may perhaps conduct a regime noted for something more substantial than the well-fitting tuxedo and elegant bon mots of its leader...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GASTROMANCY | 11/14/1933 | See Source »

...John Hay Whitney's famed team of dappled grey hunters. Two Leggins, Grey Knight, Bon Diable, which took first, second and third in their class. They will meet hotter competition in Manhattan from the stables of Mrs. Bernard F. Gimbel, Mrs. John V. Bouvier III and Isaac Clothier Jr. ?ho did not exhibit at Chicago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Horses at Chicago | 11/6/1933 | See Source »

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