Word: mcadams
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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THOMAS F. McADAM...
Different & Diffident. The language of The Industrial Charter was mostly the work of 42-year-old David McAdam Eccles, a smooth-mannered M.P. for Chippenham, an up-comer among "progressive" Conservatives. Like Grossman, Eccles is Oxford-bred. By this week some Laborites were calling him "Colonel Blimp's Dick Crossman." The Tory and Laborite pamphlets were more remarkable for their similarities than for their differences. They agreed, in the main, that Britain's economy should be run according to Government plan; both cried the need of one powerful Minister...
Thereupon Hearst wired harsh words to King Features. Lyons availed himself of a 60-day cancellation clause, signed with McNaught Syndicate. The change did not dampen his cheerful animation. McNaught Syndicate's Charles McAdam (a Lyons booster from way back) was confident he could add a lot more Lyons customers...
...turning a proper name into a common one, and in so doing has made sure that in a future life he will find himself in a distinguished circle. In addition to Captain Boycott, Aloysius Hansom will be there; also those two redoubtable Scots, Charles M. Macintosh and John Loudon McAdam; and the first Lord Brougham and the fourth Earl of Sandwich and the great Duke of Wellington in his famous boots...