Word: shepherd
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...GOOD SHEPHERD (310 pp.)-C. S. Forester-Little, Brown...
This book again proves that Cecil Scott Forester is the best living writer about the sea. It is a war novel (first published in LIFE) that neither whines nor rails nor waves flags, but sticks tersely to its theme. Its hero, Commander George Krause, U.S.N., is indeed a good shepherd. His flock is a convoy of 37 merchant ships zigzagging across the Atlantic in 1942. To herd them safely to harbor in England, Krause has only four escort vessels, one of which he personally commands. Almost as serious as his weakness in ships is his own inexperience; this...
Until last week, the National City Bank of New York and Manhattan's First National Bank seemed to have little in common. National City, under energetic Chairman Howard C. Shepherd, 60, went out for the little man's business, built up 71 domestic branch offices. With resources of $6.3 billion, it became the biggest bank in New York and second largest in the U.S.* But First National, the epitome of conservatism, had no branches. Known as the "banker's bank," it specialized in huge corporate accounts, began only in recent years to accept accounts of less than...
...opposites attracted each other, decided that by joining forces they could cover the entire banking field. Last week, National City's Shepherd and First National's President Alexander Nagle published the banns. Though it was described as a merger (the fourth get-together of big New York banks in less than five months), the deal amounted to an outright sale. Under an agreement still to be approved by stockholders, National City will pay $165 million for the 300,000 shares of First National on the market (price per share: $550). The new bank will be known as First...
...teaching on marriage. They were a threat not only to the church, but also to the well-being of society at large . . . Let's not advertise the Albigensians as simon-pure Christians, which they were not, at least in principle. A fraternal prayer for Father Du bois, a "shepherd in the mist." (THE REV.) HENRY P. COSGROVE, J.C.D...