Word: warwick
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...late 19th Century, Harvard's famed George Lyman Kittredge began poring over the records of every likely Malory, Mallore, Maulore, Mallere, Malure, Mallery, and Maleore in 15th Century England. After months of investigation, he finally fixed on Sir Thomas Malory of Warwickshire, a member of the Earl of Warwick's retinue during the Hundred Years...
Food that Fights Back. Capp himself thirsts continually for the uproar and excitement of New York, and spends from ten days to two weeks every month in a suite at Manhattan's Warwick Hotel. He loves "21," the Stork Club, and the Sixth Avenue delicatessens. Though he has a delicate stomach, he forces it to accept "food that fights right back" and is constantly chewing soda-mint tablets in an attempt to placate its outraged state...
...Utah: Warwick C. Lamoreaux, LL.B. '38; 422 Utah Oil Bldg., Salt Lake City...
...Died. Warwick Deeping, 73, British author of some 60 sentimental novels (Sorrell and Son, Roper's Row); in Weybridge, England. A staunch believer in the simple life ("I ceased to have any use for the pretty-pretty, or for literary cliques"), Author Deeping was a medical student in his early days, soon became "infected with the medievalism of the romantic school," gave up doctoring to spend his life writing happily of handsome heroes and virtuous heroines...
...Eggs. After making the rounds, Eden sipped a gin & French at Warwick Castle. Said he: "I'm convinced we've got out every middle-class Tory vote today, but I see no sign of a trend." At dinner, the county treasurer was even less confident. He fidgeted a while, then offered to bet that Eden's majority would not top 6,000. Eden took the bet, then mused; "You know, the county treasurer might be right at that." (Eden won his bet at the count next day; his majority...