Word: loeb
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...your obituary of William Loeb, the New Hampshire publisher [Sept. 28], you used the adjectives splenetic, petulant, scurrilous, infuriating and notorious to describe the man and his methods. You passed over the one word that perhaps describes him best: vicious...
...William Loeb's tirade is ended. The only good thing to come of so much space devoted to his passsing is that those who were personally and politically mangled by his front-page assaults will now know that others can see William Loeb for what he was. Loeb's victims will outlive his memory for many, many happy years...
...always agree with William Loeb's editorials, but at least I knew they were his opinions and not a masquerade for truth. This cannot always be said of other dailies, which present their views as unadulterated fact. Your vituperative obituary should have recognized this...
...Loeb's own words, "a newspaper is meant to be controversial: write controversy and you write for me!" You gave him a good sendoff. I could almost be convinced he wrote it himself...
...announced that by the end of this year it will begin soliciting the public for investments in a new money-market fund. This type of financial supermarket would be similar to those set up by Prudential Insurance, when it acquired Bache, or American Express, when it merged with Shearson Loeb Rhoades...