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Antiques.(Obituary)
May gods confer on you your due rewards, If deities regard the good, if justice And mind aware of right count anywhere. What happy centuries gave birth to you? What splendid parents brought you into being? While rivers run into the sea and shadows Still sweep the mountain slopes and stars still pasture Upon the sky, your name and praise and honor Shall last. Virgil, Aeneid, Book I
It seems inconceivable to think of Allison in the past tense; her death is profoundly shocking, one of those viscerally unacceptable deaths that mark our lives, however distantly or familiarly we knew her. It is, perhaps, all the more shocking because Allison lived so fully, so productively, until the end, never going "gentle into that good night." She bore the last ordeal with characteristic gallantry and never a word of complaint. She died as she lived, with grace and dignity.
Allison Ledes was the editor's editor. She learned early that "In the beginning" is--not was--"the word." That appreciation for the mot juste, as well as for things visual, carried her to the heights of magazine editing. She had a mental toughness, a ...
- Antiques.(Captain John Brown)(Brief Article)(Column)
- Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques Garrett, Wendell Ledes, Allison Eckardt July 1, 2002 700+ words
...eloquent and thoughtful editorials. We look forward to publishing his learned prose for many years to come. Allison Eckardt Ledes John Brown, who is remembered as an abolitionist and insurrectionist, was also by turns a drover, tanner...
- A new home for folk art in New York. (Current and Coming).(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques December 1, 2001 700+ words
Allison Eckardt Ledes Founding a museum specifically devoted to American folk art was a novel and somewhat outlandish idea when a few passionate enthusiasts...
- Allison's 75th. (General Motors Corp. Allison Transmission Div.; General Motors...
- Magazine article from: Indiana Business Magazine McKeand, Patrick J. September 1, 1990 700+ words
...75th anniversary of their founding this month-Allison Transmission and Allison Gas Turbine. The two divisions-both located on...their success over the last 75 years, according to Allison historians, is linked directly to the man who launched...
- Allison Jones grows up.(a discussion of skier Allison Jones)
- Magazine article from: Multichannel News Anti, M.C. May 26, 2003 700+ words
THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT Allison Jones that keeps you guessing. just...just 15. But then you realize that Allison has seen more of the world in her 18...wisdom to her. Similarly, even Though Allison has a feminine, little-girl charm...
- Allison, Lieblong discuss kidnapping. (manufactured home magnate Johnny Allison...
- Magazine article from: Arkansas Business Haman, John Smith, David June 16, 1997 700+ words
Johnny Allison, the manufactured home magnate who was apparently kidnapped...last week. "I want to know why he targeted me," Allison said, though he believes he has the answer. Allison is a close friend of Alex Lieblong of Conway, the nationally...
- Allison Engine scores big with fighter engine work
- Magazine article from: Indianapolis Business Journal Eckert, Toby December 2, 1996 700+ words
Allison Engine Co. is poised to reclaim a position...aircraft contract in the nation's history. Allison expects the Pentagon to announce shortly...the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. Allison is teamed with General Electric and Allison...
- Allison was the perfect example of innovative thinking; Soccer boffin Kevin...
- Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England) September 28, 2009 700+ words
...putting together that team is Malcolm Allison. As he was a professional gambler before...Manchester City and West Ham, the club Allison captained before tuberculosis cut short his playing career. Allison's two years as a professional gambler...
- Allison Expands Global Network of Trusted Distributor Partners.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 23, 2008 700+ words
...Service Say They are Proud to Represent the Allison Brand Promise to their Customers. INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Allison Transmission, Inc., the world's leading...transmissions worldwide and recognition that Allison transmissions in particular are more fuel...
