Word: shell
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Foot-Washing Convert. Not even the uproarious Arkansas political meetings of the day were larks for John McClellan. His political favorite was Governor Jeff Davis,† an imposing figure in a Prince Albert coat of Confederate grey, whose platform was simple: "I am a hard-shell Baptist in religion. I believe in foot-washing, saving your seed potatoes and paying your honest debts." Invective .ran high in Arkansas politics, and little John McClellan had no way of telling the campaign flourish from the mortal insult. He took everything with deadly seriousness, spent sleepless nights after his heroes were attacked, blazingly...
...London's Thames-side Shell-Mex House that the real drive to escape Nasser's dominance was being planned. There 30 of the world's top oil industrialists gathered at the urging of Standard Oil (N.J.) President Monroe Jackson Rathbone. They talked privately, partly because they had to be wary of defying the U.S. antitrust laws and partly because they have learned that in the Middle East their aims are sometimes best achieved by not loudly proclaiming them...
...Planned to such detail as the radiant-heating system, plumbing and size of bolts needed to fasten parts, it has a special appeal for the penury-plagued Poles. It is completely prefabricated, with every wall, except those for bathrooms, made before installation so that the building's outer shell can be erected before it is even decided how many apartments are needed on the inside. In April the young refugees were informed that their design had won the first prize of 60,000 zlotys, or $15,000 (before a recent devaluation shrank it). Last week, as part...
This is Brooklyn's year--to lose. With the loss of Jackie Robinson and Carl Erskine, and the slowdown of Roy Campanella and Peewee Reese, the Bums are a shell of their former magnificent selves. The pitching of Don Newcombe, Don Drysdale, the aging Sal Maglie, and Clem Labine, plus the hitting of Junior Gilliam, Duke Snider, Gil Hodges, and Carl Furillo will keep the Dodgers in contention...
Reflecting the oil-industry bonanza caused by the Suez Canal's closing, Gulf Oil Corp. reported profits up from $2.43 to $3.20 a share, Texas Co. up from $1.27 to $1.57, Shell Co. up from $1.16 to $1.37, Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey) up from $1.04 to $1.20. And in the steel industry, where there have been some production cuts, several big companies came in with substantial profit gains. Republic Steel Corp. had the highest first-quarter sales and earnings ($1.81 a share v. 1956's $1.62) in its history. Profits were also up for Bethlehem Steel Corp...