Word: adolphus
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Community of Interest. But if the chasm between the two Germanys was growing, the gap between Catholics and Protestants was closing. In Munich Kirchentag delegates found themselves in the heart of Catholic Germany. It was the largest body of Protestants to descend on Munich since the armies of Gustavus Adolphus captured the city in 1632, and their advent was a great success. Munich's Joseph Cardinal Wendel took in Danish Bishop Frode Beyer and his wife as house guests, and many a Catholic family followed the cardinal's example. All over the city, for the Kirchentag...
...bomb is no different from death by a bow and arrow. The bomb itself is neither good nor evil. It's something like the Industrial Revolution. And as for its alleged genetic aftereffects, think of the havoc wreaked on future generations through malnutrition and so on after Gustavus Adolphus had stormed across Europe...
...turn themselves into "friendliness" churches, reaching out among the 9-to-5 weekday population around them for what congregations they can get. Lutherans in the mushrooming suburb of North Hollywood have organized a drive-in church. Pastor Glen E. Pierson of Manhattan's 92-year-old Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Church describes a process that is taking place all over the U.S. when he says: "We used to be thought of by our own members, as well as by people in the community, as 'the Swedish Church on 22nd Street. We still have a service in Swedish every Sunday...
...combustion engine, it has revved up more horsepower in less time than any industrial engine in history. Patented in 1892 by Germany's Rudolf Diesel (who committed suicide in 1913 because he thought his engine had backfired), the first diesel was brought to the U.S. by Beer Baron Adolphus Busch for use in his St. Louis brewery...
Though the fight was won, it had taken too much out of Gus's father. Suffering from high blood pressure, gout and a bad heart, August Busch Sr. shot himself to death on Feb. 13, 1934. In accordance with family tradition, Gussie's older brother Adolphus III was elected president, and from 1937 to 1945 he kept the company at the top of the industry. Gussie Busch went off to World War II in 1942, spent most of his time helping to break tank-production bottlenecks at Detroit's automotive center, came...