newspaper account

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Even the youngest boys at Page were expected to evaluate their own performances honorably and honestly, and, according to one burnishing newspaper account, to realize “what it means to be ‘the captain of his soul.’”

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Using a 1939 newspaper account, Moses pictured an 1862 fire that ravished the city in upstate New York.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

But he resisted being “pigeonholed as Hollywood’s resident psychopath,” as one newspaper account put it.

From New York Times • May 26, 2022

Sometimes, Chapman would ref a JV basketball game at Port Angeles, shower and then call the varsity game — and often write the newspaper account of the game.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2022

It was an old newspaper account of a fire from a small-town weekly.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck