Word: offing
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Howe received A.B.'s from Lehigh in 1886 and from the College in 1887. In his varied writing career, he worked as assistant editor of the Atlantic, associate editor of Youth's Companion, editor of the Alumni Bulletin, and editor of the Graduate Magazine.
The 96-year-old "Dean of New England letters" had written six volumes of verse and ten other books, including a prize winning biography of Barret Wendell '01. He was awarded a Doctor of Letters degree from the University in 1954, and served on the Board of Overseers.
His first book, a collection of verse, was published about 1895, and his final volume 60 years later. Many of his works were biographies, including ones of Wendell, John Jay Chapman, Fredeick Pickering Cabot, James Ford Rhodes, and himself.
"Now we will talk," said Konstantine Simonov, "but first let me tell you something about myself. Then each of you can tell me something about yourself." Speaking through an interpreter, the Soviet novelist talked of his years as a war correspondent, his career as a writer and editor and of...
These introductions, which immediately relaxed the atmosphere and made it almost intimate, are typical of Simonov's continual interest in other people, an honest concern which lies behind the force of his personal charm as well as the strength of much of his writing. One of the most versatile writers...