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    Louise Pound (June 30, 1872 – June 28, 1958) was an American folklorist, linguist, and college professor at the University of Nebraska. In 1955, Pound...
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    and Laura Pound. His sister was the noted linguist and folklorist, Louise Pound. Pound studied botany at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, where he...
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  • (1861–1921), American writer of gospel songs Louise Pound (1872–1958), American folklorist and college professor Omar Pound (1926–2010), Anglo-American writer,...
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    including Clarence Barnhart, Jess Stein, Woodford A. Heflin, Robert Ramsey, Louise Pound, and Allen Walker Read. Cragie retired to Watlington, England in 1936...
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  • children, Roscoe Pound, Louise Pound, and Olivia Pound, a highschool Latin teacher. "Deliberate, reserved, and self-contained", Roscoe Pound considered his...
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  • and nine of its associated territories. The pound (sign: £) is the main unit of sterling, and the word pound is also used to refer to the British currency...
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    important piece of Nebraska folklore. According to American folklorist Louise Pound, the first written reference to the legend of Weeping Water is found...
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    Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972) was an American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and...
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    Pacific Monthly mentioned peacherines in a news bulletin for California. Louise Pound, in 1920, claimed the term peacherine is an example of language stunt...
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  • from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1931, where he studied under Louise Pound and William Duncan Strong. Botkin taught at the University of Oklahoma...
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  • Louise Joy Brown (born 25 July 1978) is an English woman who was the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation experiment...
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  • editor's preface to When I was a boy in Greece, by George Demetrios. Louise Pound supported the theory for a time. Greek Initials of Ὅλα Καλά (Ola Kala...
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    was etymology editor of the American College Dictionary, 1947. With Louise Pound and Arthur G. Kennedy, he founded the journal American Speech, "to present...
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    Pound cake is a type of cake traditionally made with a pound of each of four ingredients: flour, butter, eggs, and sugar. Pound cakes are generally baked...
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    published 97 books, primarily focused on regional titles and the works of Louise Pound, Karl Shapiro, and George W. Norris. Following Schossberger's departure...
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    Houghtelling – Volleyball Patrick Kirksey – Gymnastics Shane Komine – Baseball Louise Pound – Administrator Bill Straub – Bowling Angela Thacker – Track & field...
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  • Louise Pound, Feboldson is an integral part of Nebraska folklore due to his rapid rise in popularity in the early twentieth century. However, Pound argues...
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  • Lippincott Beta Alpha Astronomer, professor emerita at Swarthmore College Louise Pound Sigma Folklorist and professor at the University of Nebraska Gertrude...
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    Louise caught a 28-pound (13 kg) salmon. The women's success at fishing prompted the Duke to remark that fishing in Canada required no skill. Louise,...
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  • Neely 8-6, 6-3, 6-0 1897 Chicago Louise Pound Jennie Craven 6-0, 6-3, 7-5 1898 Chicago Juliette Atkinson Louise Pound 6-4, 6-3, 7-5 1899 Chicago Juliette...
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  • several books on the English language. In 1925 he, with Kemp Malone and Louise Pound, founded the journal American Speech and he was a frequent contributor...
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  • contribution to the study of ballads in the field: Mr. Barry, and Professor Louise Pound, attacked the theory of "communal ballad origin" according to which ballads...
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    Jenna-Louise Coleman (born 27 April 1986) is an English actress. She began her television career by playing Jasmine Thomas in the soap opera Emmerdale...
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  • in linguistics." The journal was established in 1925 by Kemp Malone, Louise Pound, and Arthur G. Kennedy "to present information about English in America...
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    folklore (often in the Journal of American Folklore). He helped to elect Louise Pound as president of the American Folklore Society in 1925. There are two...
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    closest relationships were with women. These included her college friend Louise Pound; the Pittsburgh socialite Isabelle McClung, with whom Cather traveled...
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    eighteen thousand pounds, his most expensive gift to England that year and more lavish than anything he had ever given Charles' queen. Louise is mentioned...
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    of children and dependent adults by their biological parents, David and Louise Turpin of Perris, California, U.S. The ages of the 13 victims ranged from...
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    Marie Louise d'Orléans (Spanish: María Luisa de Orleans; 26 March 1662 – 12 February 1689) was Queen of Spain as the wife of King Charles II. She was born...
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     This article incorporates text from American ballads and songs, by Louise Pound, a publication from 1922, now in the public domain in the United States...
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