crewel
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information)
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crewel thin worsted yarn. XV. orig.
crule,
crewle,
croole; of unkn. orig.
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Lessons learned. (Henry Lewis Stimson's influence on George Bush) (editorial)
Magazine article from: The Nation; 1/21/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...resistance of the Free French, Henry Lewis Stimson delivered the commencement address...One of the young men whose faces Stimson was looking at that day was George...matter, but it is probable that Stimson was a specific, personal influence...
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IN THE ASHES OF AN INFERNO, A LINGERING DEBATE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 8/27/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...incorrectly described the death of former Secretary of War Henry Lewis Stimson in 1950 as a suicide. Stimson's official cause...An unsung hero of the time is [Secretary of War] Henry Stimson, who committed suicide many years later. (SEE...
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FOR THE RECORD
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/6/2006; 222 words
; Correction: In an interview in the Aug. 27 Books section, historian A. C. Grayling incorrectly described the death of former Secretary of War Henry Lewis Stimson in 1950 as a suicide. Stimson's official cause of death was natural causes.
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A "Pretty Damn Able Commander" Lewis Hyde Brereton: Part II.
Magazine article from: Air Power History; 3/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...October 1940, Maj. Gen. Henry H. "Hap" Arnold...Force under Brig. Gen. Henry B. "Sue" Clagett...Force, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson accepted that a small...from among Maj. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton, Maj...
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The Department of Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center: At the Forefront of Surgical Innovation
Magazine article from: The American Surgeon; 8/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...2). In 1878, Lewis Atterbury Stimson performed the first...United States. Stimson also introduced...mentorship of Dr. Henry Sands, an attending...2 In 1898, Dr. Stimson wrote the charter...for admission. Lewis Atterbury Stimson...
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The Paradox of American Democracy: Elites, Special Interests, and the Betrayal of Public Trust.(Review)
Magazine article from: The American Enterprise; 10/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...leaders of the American Establishment as Henry Cabot Lodge, John McCloy, Dean Acheson, and Henry Stimson, Judis writes, "placed public service...influenced by future Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell and Public Interest co-editor Irving...
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AT HARPER'S, THE CHANGES HAVE BEEN RADICAL
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 11/15/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...publisher Rick MacArthur, he and editor Lewis Lapham talk about their experiment in...Harper's which former Secretary of War Henry Stimson picked to run his historic 1946 essay...STAFF FILE PHOTO / Harper's editor Lewis Lapham.
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Obituaries
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/21/2003; 700+ words
; ...Anschuetz of Washington, Ellen Anschuetz Lewis of Greenwich, Conn., Susan Anschuetz...Louisville, where her husband, Lewis Conn, published a weekly newspaper...administrative assistant to Secretary of War Henry Stimson, died Oct. 16 of cardiac arrest...
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Critics Assail U.S. Satellite Shoot-Down, But Stop Short of Saying It Was Unneeded.
Newspaper article from: Defense Daily; 3/25/2008; 700+ words
; ...of Technology, and Jeffrey G. Lewis, director of the Nuclear Strategy...Michael Krepon, co-founder of the Henry L. Stimson Center, a non-partisan defense...Tests" that was published by the Stimson Center. For the other side of the...
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U.S.-China Commission Hearing: Export Controls, Enforcement Policies And Their Implications For U.S. Economy, National Security Interests
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 9/10/2001; 448 words
; ...June Teufel Dreyer, Kenneth Lewis, James R. Lilley, Patrick A...Cincinnati Machines -- James Lewis, Center for Strategic & International...U.S. -- Kathleen Walsh, Henry L. Stimson Center China's Advanced Technology...
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Stimson, Henry Lewis
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
STIMSON, HENRY LEWIS Henry Lewis Stimson was a lawyer and a distinguished public servant, occupying key posts in the administrations of five presidents between 1911 and 1945. As secretary of state, he sought disarmament, while as secretary...
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Henry Lewis Stimson
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Henry Lewis Stimson The American lawyer and statesman Henry Lewis Stimson (1867-1950) was twice secretary of war and once secretary of...
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Stimson, Henry L.
Book article from: American Home Front in World War II
...privileged childhood Henry Lewis Stimson was born on September...65). His father was Lewis Atterbury Stimson, a Wall Street stockbroker...Candace Wheeler. In 1871 Lewis left the New York Stock...the United States but Henry's mother soon died...
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National Politics: Election 1940
Book article from: American Decades
...Republican stalwarts Henry L. Stimson as secretary of war and...of national defense. Stimson had been secretary of...Committee was so angry at Stimson and Knox that its chairman...old rival, John L. Lewis of the CIO, endorsed...
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Frank Billings Kellogg
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...recognized by the United States. However, the mission of Henry L. Stimson to Nicaragua restored a measure of peace, which led...Origins of the Kellogg-Briand Pact (1952), and Lewis E. Ellis, Frank B. Kellogg and American Foreign Relations...
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