Word: connor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...cabled back immediately another reference from the same story. As his troops pushed on, other Wavell traits came out: his genius for cooperation, indicated by the way his men worked with R. A. F. and Navy; his complete confidence in subordinates like Major General Richard Nugent O'Connor, commander in the western desert who commanded operations in the field; his ability to improvise, indicated by the use made of Italian supplies-without which the campaign probably could not have gone so far. The speed of the advances was dazzling mainly because Sir Archibald is a student of speed...
Under the instructions of King Turbough O'Connor in 1123 A. D., the Cross of Cong, of which a reproduction is on display, was made to hold a portion of the true cross. Still legible is the inscription "In this Cross is preserved the Cross on which the Founder of the world suffered...
Died. Carleton Ellis, 64, chemical inventor who held some 750 patents, more than any other American except Thomas Edison and John O'Connor; of influenza; in Miami Beach. Chemist Ellis' inventions gave birth to more than 100,000 compounds. He developed Standard Oil's tube-&-tank process of cracking oil, found the formula for cheap acetone to fireproof airplane wings in World War I, made plastics an exact and lucrative science...
Franklin Roosevelt grinned. Both of them. Incredulous, someone asked the question again. The President tried for an analogy. Knudsen & Hillman should be considered like a firm-like that famous law firm of Roosevelt & O'Connor. You went to Roosevelt and O'Connor. And you'd go to Knudsen and Hillman. If a conflict over policy should arise, Knudsen & Hillman could always consult the President. But it was silly to worry about disputes between them. Even over a labor question-say, Ford Motor Co. contracts? Yes, silly. The head man of national defense...
...Others: Frank R. Fageol, president of Twin Coach Co., Crooner Morton Downey, Nassau Real Estate Man Harold Christie, Manhattan Architect John Sloan, Treasurer of the Banco Fiduciario de Mexico John R. O'Connor, Engineer Gustavo L. Trevino of Mexico City, President William O'Neil of General Tire & Rubber...