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Word: sabrina (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...moment of misguided calculation, Laird marries Hugh's cousin Sabrina and tries to forget his passion for the golden-skinned Denise. This turns out to be un necessary for Sabrina conveniently goes crazy. But Hugh, too, has noted the tiger ish Denise, and Laird has to defend him self against various attempts at assassina tion, including one by a whole troop of Klansmen. Meanwhile he rebuilds the old Fournois estate and goes to the legislature on the vote of his Negro constituents. But he finds Reconstruction politics too hopelessly corrupt to play. In the end he loses all-except...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Scarlet Splash | 5/5/1947 | See Source »

...Atlanta back on the literary map, will christen the cruiser Atlanta, ∙∙Now that President Roosevelt has gone back to the old Thanksgiving, Republican Governor Sumner Sewall has proclaimed the new Thanksgiving for the first time in Maine. ∙∙ An unidentified axman vainly tried to decapitate Sabrina, the bronze nymph for whom 80 generations of Amherst classes have fought one another. ∙∙ Prophet Wilbur Glen Voliva of Zion, Ill. predicted a bad end for the dictators by plunging into a lake of fire (Revelation 21:8). ∙∙ Dr. Samuel Harden Church, 83-year-old head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Ladies & Ancients | 6/16/1941 | See Source »

...Lord Jeffs were hit hard by gradnation, but Coach Jordan has many experienced squadmen left over. Amherst usually dresses five full teams for each game. Junior halfback Bob Blood is the headliner on the Sabrina squad, and his speed may give the Harlowmen a few anxious moments...

Author: By Donald Peddle, | Title: CRIMSON GRID OPPONENTS ARE IMPROVED FOR COMING YEAR | 9/20/1940 | See Source »

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