Mellon

[ mel-uhn ]

/ ˈmɛl ən /

Andrew William, 1855–1937, U.S. financier: Secretary of the Treasury 1921–32.

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“He would just sit in front of us, staring at us and kind of doing this really slow pant in our face,” Mellon says.
Meet Butters, the Christmas Dog Model|Michael Daly|December 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
At the same time, Butters proved to have very specific ideas as to where he felt Mellon and Biggs should sit.
Meet Butters, the Christmas Dog Model|Michael Daly|December 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“So the dog show world was not the place for him,” Mellon says.
Meet Butters, the Christmas Dog Model|Michael Daly|December 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He looks in all his photos just like Mellon and Biggs want their dogs to look always.
Meet Butters, the Christmas Dog Model|Michael Daly|December 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST

“He went into the room and pulled the high heels out and he was walking around the house with them,” Mellon reports.
Meet Butters, the Christmas Dog Model|Michael Daly|December 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
What could a subordinate reply except, "Yes, Mr. Mellon, you did very well."
Behind the Mirrors|Clinton W. Gilbert
Louise glanced at her and then at Mrs. Mellon; and then she, too, was caught by the horrible infection.
The Outrage|Annie Vivanti
Foreign opera still held the field, and the only English feature of the venture was the conductor Mellon.
Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. II (of IV),--1857-1874|Charles L. Graves
But it was not a sense of power in Mr. Mellon that made him thus defy the conventions.
Behind the Mirrors|Clinton W. Gilbert
I merely hold Mr. Mellon up as the usually insoluble riddle, the why of great business success.
Behind the Mirrors|Clinton W. Gilbert