Word: patrons
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Meticulous is the word for General Papagos. In private life a patrician to his long fingertips, a foppish lover of fine horses and a patron of racing, his lifelong study has been a huge collection of military books. John Metaxas' name went upon the defense system thrown up along the Bulgarian and Yugoslav borders, which were later extended hastily down the Al banian. But in General Papagos' head rests knowledge of every gully and goat track not only in the Greek mountains but far beyond. Like his soldiers, whom amazed correspondents found toiling with out lanterns at midnight...
Last week devout Brazilian toymakers thanked their patron saint and a U. S. businessman as they delivered 250,000 toys to Lojas Americanas, Brazil's best-known variety chain. It was the biggest order they had ever received from jolly, pink-faced Jim Marshall. Born in the Scranton coal belt, Jim Marshall is no Yankee fireball. Eschewing the impatient, hardheaded methods of most "dollar diplomats," he has for twelve years been just as friendly, almost as easygoing, as his customers. Result: he is the No. 1 storekeeper for Brazil's masses...
Bruce C. Hopper spoke to the residents of Adams House last night at their Long Table dinner. William Lyon "Billy" Phelps, Yale's famed patron of Browning and Tennyson, was unable to be present on account of a severe cold...
...Harry Tammen woke up to the fact that his old friend and patron had fallen on hard times, gave Lyulph Ogilvy a job. The Post (now fairly sedate) was a bold, rowdy, unscrupulous journal when Ogilvy joined its staff in 1909. When Tammen asked what his first name was, Ogilvy answered, "Lyulph." Said Tammen: "That's a hell of a name. We'll call you Lord Ogilvy...
That young Chrysler is earnest about becoming a patron of U. S. horse racing was evident when he returned to Saratoga this year. Accompanied by Trainer McDaniel, he spent his early mornings watching workouts, his early evenings learning the ABCs of conformation at the ringside of the Sales Paddock. Before he was called back to Long Island by his father's fatal illness last fortnight, young Chrysler had added 13 more yearlings to his stable. The $53,000 he paid for them was second only to the amount spent by Chocolate Heiress Ethel Mars (Milky Way Farm), leading yearling...