Word: stewardship
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...finance while Billy loafed through literature courses at Princeton ('36). During World War II, when Artillery Captain Billy Wood was on New Caledonia, Cousin Fred wrote and offered to adopt him and eventually to give him a controlling voice in the Prince trust, now worth $150 million, and stewardship over 5% of Armour's stock, the biggest block. Billy Wood agreed, became a Prince...
...Nigerians in local self-government almost as soon as they pulled the scattered, warring millions into one big (339,169 sq. mi.) colony called Nigeria in 1914. As far back as 18 years ago, Nigerians were admitted to the Governor's Cabinet. As a result of their wise stewardship, Britain has won a fervent friend and a loyal new partner for the Commonwealth. Last week thousands cheered vivacious Princess Alexandra, cousin of Queen Elizabeth, as she flew in from London to represent the royal family at the celebrations. Even that old nationalist warhorse, Dr. Nnamde ("Zik") Azikiwe...
Last week, after a four-month investigation, Minnesota's Attorney General Walter F. Mondale jolted Minneapolis with a documented report on financial shenanigans in the foundation under Marvin Kline's stewardship. Said the Mondale report: "Mr. Kline dominated and controlled the foundation to an extent that he was enabled to derive unconscionable personal profit from his position." Major findings in the report...
...hulking, crag-faced Paul H. (for Howard) Douglas of Illinois, zestfully booming out the long jargon phrases of higher economics. White crew-cut hair bristling, Democrat Douglas last week was declaiming on an emerging issue in 1960 politicking: the state of the U.S. economy after seven years of Republican stewardship. Prompting his performance was his Joint Economic Committee's report on a year-long study of U.S. employment, growth and price levels...
...broom to all the cobwebbed corners and mend some of the broken lives around him, the count returns. He flings his wife out the window, hoping to frame his double, but the cagey Briton, now enjoying his imposture, proves himself innocent and refuses to be relieved of stewardship. The two Guinnesses shoot it out in a cryptic climax that leaves both audience and the chateau puppets dangling in confusion...