Word: cannonism
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...months of joint search by FRB Chairman William McChesney Martin and the Chicago district for a strong president capable of commanding the respect of affiliated bankers, yet not so independent-minded as to cause the Washington FRB difficulties. Illinois-born and Dartmouth-educated, Allen was president of Campbell, Wyant & Cannon Foundry Co. of Muskegon, Mich, which was acquired by Textron, Inc. this year...
About 5 p.m., above the firing and the rioting, the low rumble of tanks was heard. Army reinforcements (one observer counted 36 tanks and armored cars) had come to the rescue of the embattled security guards. The tanks opened fire on the armed workers with machine guns and cannon, killing many. Cannon were set up in Freedom Square, and tanks soon commanded every tactical point in the city. Truck-borne soldiers began mopping up the side streets. Some Polish soldiers had no heart for the job. "You have nothing to fear from us," a soldier was heard shouting...
Minnesota: John C. Hiebert of Adams and Mountain Lake; Missouri: Donald C. Cannon of Kirkland and Independence; Charles L. Edson of Dunster and University City; and Lewis M. Schneider of Winthrop and Clayton; New Hampshire: Robert A. LIoyd of Kirkland and Exeter...
...concentration on exporting its dollars, tools and advice to the postwar world, the U.S. has been slow and a little timid about exporting its culture. But now culture is catching up with the atomic cannon, the dam builders, the agricultural advisors and the diplomats...
Uncle Joe, Obie admits, was one of his most difficult subjects. He was drawn at the end of a crusty era, when the brass cuspidor was still a fixture on Capitol Hill. Cannon had six strategically placed about the Speaker's office and used them all as he received visitors and fretted while Obie drew...