Word: merriman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Thereafter a war of the sexes set in of unparalleled intensity, out of which came one of the great war poems of all time: Brian Merriman's "Midnight Court," written in the late 18th century. In it, a beautiful young woman complains that the men won't marry her, but only have eyes for the rich old hags. An aging husband lashes back: the young girls are tarts, who will sleep with anyone and beggar a man to boot. Not so, screams the woman. A girl's a poor drudge, looking for a little pleasure between childbirths...
...Merriman Smith, LL.D., newsman...
...Merriman said, "Every teacher and scholar in the University is Coolidge's debtor, and will continue to remain so for generations to come...
...creation of Widener Library was forwarded by Coolidge, who left it the fifth largest library in the world. A fellow historian, Professor Roger B. Merriman, noted that the characterization of Widener Library as the best, place to work in he world, if justified, "is due first and foremost to Archibald Cary Coolidge...
...Thomas, 46, has carved a unique niche in hard-cover journalism. To Svetlana's memoirs, Thomas can add such glittering editorial credits as Maxwell Taylor's The Uncertain Trumpet, Matthew Ridgway's Soldier, John Gardner's Excellence, Chester Bowles's Ambassador's Report, Merriman Smith's Thank You, Mr. President, William Attwood's The Reds and The Blacks, Theodore Sorensen's Kennedy and William Manchester's The Death of a President. Only as a sideline does Thomas edit a few novelists, including John Cheever. As he sees it, "there...