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...ADRIAN M. DONAN DOYLE
...Oleo. The man chiefly responsible for Glidden's expansion into non-paint fields is 50-year-old Dwight Joyce's father, Adrian D. Joyce, who at 78 is still active as chairman of the board. A successful businessman at 45, father Adrian quit his job as sales manager for the Sherwin-Williams [paint] Co. to form a syndicate to buy Cleveland's little Glidden Varnish Co. for $2,500,000. In three years, he picked up eleven more paint companies, strategically spotted through the nation...
...Game." Dick was in shape this time. With U.S. Champion Art Larsen, 25, he had been barnstorming through a succession of Australian provincial tournaments for three months. Moreover, he got some expert informal coaching this trip from Adrian Quist, Davis Cup veteran and three-time Australian champion. In 14 hours of friendly drill, Quist helped Savitt improve his service grip and straighten out his hard, flat drives...
...Uncle Adrian gives the brooding boy new things to think about; he teaches Philip the mysteries of baking, tells him the family stories, and treats him with warm and raffish camaraderie. In the end, a subdued Alec turns up to make amends to his son, and Philip accepts him with the simple, sufficient statement: "You're my father...
Chalk & Cornfields. This humane little story is fortified with homely scenes: Uncle Adrian tippling a bit or sinking his hands lovingly into dough, Philip teasing the baker's lovesick apprentice. Novelist Newby has a fine ear for simple speech ("The tongue is the waterspout of the heart," declaims Uncle Adrian, "and if you let it get clogged your heart'll bust"). He writes with poetic affection for the countryside: "It was chalk country. Except where the trees stood in neat clumps upon the hills and where a belt of cornfields crept up among the contours, the turf...