Word: loudon
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...skeptical Scottish undergraduate named Loudon Hamilton, who, when Buchman first urged him to listen for God's instructions, replied: "I have been accustomed to address God myself on occasion . . . but that was only a one-way communication. If God were to speak to me, as you suggest, I am not quite sure it would not be somewhat uncomfortable." * The real Oxford Movement took place in the mid-19th century under the leadership of John Henry (later Cardinal) Newman, John Keble and Edward Pusey. * Said Dr. Buchman, in a New York World-Telegram interview: I thank heaven...
...sturgeon which Mrs. Mesta had imported from Russia had every reason for congratulating itself upon the climax of its career. As it lay flanked by Mrs. Mesta's superior foods, it could eye Presidential Aide Clark Clifford, assorted Senators, Opera Singer Dorothy Kirsten, a countess, Netherlands Ambassador Alexander Loudon and Chief Justice Fred Vinson. Mrs. Mesta even served her 172 guests domestic champagne -a colossal gesture of poise and confidence...
...LOUDON Netherlands Ambassador...
...Alexander Loudon, Netherlands Ambassador to the U.S., was ready with a brass band for the first Royal Dutch Air Lines plane to land at LaGuardia Field. The ship landed, blew two tires, rolled to a stop one mile from the reception committee, two hours later got to the terminal. The reception...
...priced stocks usually attract small-time speculators who figure they get more when they buy 100 shares at $5 than 10 shares at $50; when a businessman sells out his company for another company's stock, he looks for blue-chip prestige. Thus when Standard bought the Loudon Packing Co. (V8 Vegetable Juice) last March, the Loudons insisted on cash, but when General Foods bought out Snider Packing at about the same time, only common stock changed hands. Expansionist Adams, whose stock phrase is "some day we've got to grow some," figures that his fiscal contraction should...