Word: boyds
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...executive offices have been crammed with their relatives. Of the Star's eleven directors, ten are descendants of the three men, and when they met to elect "Newby" Noyes editor, they also chose two Kauffmanns as vice presidents, a third as secretary, and a fellow named Crosby Boyd, whose mother was a Noyes, as president. Office wags crack that in another couple of generations, the Star will need no outside help at all. But the Star needs all the help...
...jungle began taking a turn for the better, Abdul Rahman flintily told Britain that the time was long overdue for Malaya's independence. After months of haggling and delay, the Tunku finally forced Britain's Colonial Secretary Alan Lennox-Boyd (now Lord Boyd) to the conference table. Throughout the grueling, three-week session in London, the Tunku refused to budge from his ultimatum that independence must come no later than Aug. 31, 1957. "When the Siamese have no intention of yielding, they just appear stupid," he told subordinates. "I'm half Siamese, you know." At last, Lennox...
...ROBERT BOYD...
...Almost everyone wants to help higher education just now." Boyd said, "and the prospects for tax-cutting are very good too. I couldn't make a definite prediction full to whether the bill will pass, but I do think this is an ideal time to introduce such legislation...
...Boyd said that Dodd had not yet taken a position on the President's bill. Last year the Senator voted for a bill to provide money to colleges for scholarships and construction...