Word: langs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...print. And its chief interest (of which the author seems to have been scarcely conscious) is as a psychological document. In these thousands of hours of purloined time, Professor Wright was not himself-or was more himself than Professor Wright was. He was a young Harvard graduate named John Lang, and the year was 1907, and a rich uncle had secured him the first U.S. consulship in Islandia...
There were old and great Islandian families, but none were vastly wealthy, and none knew want. They were free from venereal diseases, and very vigilant lest foreigners import them. They felt a reverence for the soil in which the esthetic and the utilitarian were inseparable. When Consul Lang tried to sell them on the time-saving uses of U.S. farm machinery, they were far less interested in time-saving than in the indecent strain which would be put on their horses...
While John Lang was consul, they faced the greatest crisis in their history. Islandia was almost totally nonindustrial, but rich in natural resources. Representatives of England, France, the U.S. and (most insidiously) Germany worked with Islandia's progressives to open it to the plunderous wonders of international cooperation. As U.S. Consul, John Lang's duties were clear...
...George VI himself was crowned, back in the days of peace, England last week enthroned the 98th Archbishop of Canterbury. The ceremonies, attended by some 4,000 people, including 45 bishops, many another notable, lasted nearly two hours and a half. Notable absentees: Winston Churchill and Dr. Cosmo Gordon Lang, the last Archbishop of Canterbury. Never-forgotten presence: the spirit of Dr. Temple's father, who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1896 to 1902 and now lies buried 20 yards from the throne on which his son was formally seated...
Engaged. The Right Rev. Archibald Lang Fleming, the Anglican Church's "Flying Bishop" of the Arctic; and Elizabeth Nelson Lukens, associate headmistress of The Agnes Irwin School near Philadelphia; in Philadelphia. "Archibald the Arctic" (his signature) makes biennial flights to visit his scattered Eskimo flock...