Word: patrick
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Springs was proud of Sid McMath, home-town boy, ex-Marine officer, winner of the Silver Star, courageous politician. As prosecuting attorney, he had broken the 20-year rule of Mayor Leo Patrick McLaughlin, whose bland refusal to enforce the law had made Hot Springs a sanctuary for every gambler, gangster and fast-dollar man in the country. As soon as he took office on the first of the year, the new prosecutor closed Hot Springs' gambling spots and got McLaughlin himself indicted for corruption in office. McLaughlin did not even try to run for reelection. Dopesters rated Sidney...
...Patrick D. Dailey '50 and Michael Rothenberg '49, Student Council members, announced the University invitation, adding that other organizations such as the Liberal Union, the U.N. Council, and perhaps the World Federalists would also be welcome to cooperate in sponsoring Usborne...
...fishers and beavers. But furs are not the company's only concern. Actually, the 15,000 trappers from whom, the company buys are a less valuable asset than the far greater number of Canadians to whom it sells through six large department stores and 15 smaller stores. Sir Patrick likes to tell how this came about...
Before the war, the Hudson's Bay Company sold extensively in Britain. But during the dollar shortage Sir Patrick laid down a rule: export for dollars. Today, not a single Hudson's Bay blanket (made in Yorkshire) can be sold in Britain...
...waves; at dawn there were thick, swirling mists so that his escorts in motor boats sometimes lost sight of him. Fifteen hours and 25 minutes after he had left Donaghadee, Tom Blower plodded up the beach in a misty little cove five miles from the Scottish village of Port Patrick. He looked back over his shoulder and said: "You bastard, I've conquered...