Word: angus
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...Died. George Angus Garrett, 83, wealthy Washingtonian who was the first U.S. Ambassador to Ireland; of a heart attack; in Washington, D.C. A partner in the firm of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith from 1940 to his retirement in 1959, Garrett was also a prominent capital host and fund raiser for philanthropic causes. Harry Truman selected him to head the U.S. legation in Dublin in 1947, then promoted him in 1950 when the mission was raised to embassy status. Garrett resigned in 1951, later championed urban redevelopment in Washington as boss of the Federal City Council...
Died. The Right Rev. Angus Dun, 79, Episcopal Bishop of Washington, D.C., between 1944 and 1962 an outspoken liberal; of a stroke; in Washington. "I have learned that human existence is essentially tragic," said Bishop Dun, who as a child overcame a congenital defect that warped his limbs, only to lose a leg to polio later. "It is only the love of God that redeems the human tragedy." A strong supporter of the World Council of Churches, Dun was an ardent ecumenist...
...could go on and on. The business of the birds asking perilous questions is carried out by making Miles' double's mother a circus performer whose aviary of trained birds includes Iris, Angus, Charles, Pamela, John, Penelope, Brigid, Anthony, Muriel, Mary, Norman, Saul, Philip and Ivy-all named, it would appear, for modern novelists...
...WORLD OF CHARLES DICKENS by Angus Wilson. 302 pages. Viking Press...
...writer, such fame was unprecedented then, and has been unimaginable since. Not just fame, either, but ardor and devotion. In The World of Charles Dickens, English Novelist Angus Wilson suggests that Dickens, publishing most of his works in serial form, achieved the same intimate, regular contact with his audience as Scheherazade in his childhood favorite, The Arabian Nights. Dickens kept telling another tale. Jokes and fantasies, social and political critiques, plummy visions of Christmas swept from his pen. He even wrote a front-page article in his own magazine, Household Words, to explain and justify the breaking...