Word: dora
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...difficult task in writing has faced H. H. and Margaret Harper in their attempt to construct an integrated dramatic work from the clues furnished in the correspondence of Dickens and Dora Spenlow. Twenty-one years of Dickens' life, the passing parade from poverty to success, and three romances are a lot of material; the resulting sacrifice of continuity and development to a more complete story shows quite plainly in spots. Further, there is a feeling that the dialogue of Dickens and his two true loves, Dora Spenlow and Caroline Bronson, waxes a bit rhapsodical in their secret trysts--too much...
...done in the morning before 9 o'clock and after classes. It was virtually completed by 3 o'clock. With 30 registrars working all times in each place, there were never any lines. The average rate was two per registrar per hour although certain faculty wives, most noticeably Mrs. Dora Marshall, were pressed...
...Died. Dora Delano Forbes, 92, maternal aunt of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt; longtime resident of Paris; in Balmville...
...married life of Bertrand Russell, nobly-born British mathematician and philosopher, has been unconventional. His first wife, Alys Pearsall Smith, a Quaker, divorced him in 1921 because he was about to have a child by another woman, Dora Winifred Black. His second wife, Dora Black, shared his view that people should "indulge in marital infidelity to preserve their homes." In 1933 she announced that she had had a child by British Journalist Griffin Barry. Two years later she divorced Earl Russell, charging him with adultery. Next year, at 64, Earl Russell married his former secretary, Patricia Helen Spence, who later...