Word: 98th
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Thus, with all the pageantry of medieval times, with the most elaborate pomp since George VI himself was crowned, back in the days of peace, England last week enthroned the 98th Archbishop of Canterbury. The ceremonies, attended by some 4,000 people, including 45 bishops, many another notable, lasted nearly two hours and a half. Notable absentees: Winston Churchill and Dr. Cosmo Gordon Lang, the last Archbishop of Canterbury. Never-forgotten presence: the spirit of Dr. Temple's father, who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1896 to 1902 and now lies buried 20 yards from the throne on which...
Birthdays. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia, "trying to get my golf score down to my age," his 79th. William Henry Jackson, gimlet-eyed pioneer photographer, still toting a camera, his 98th. Cinemactress Bette Davis, present with Governor Blood of New Hampshire, Governor Willis of Vermont, Senator Bridges of New Hampshire, some 10,000 others, at the world premiere of her latest picture, The Great Lie, in Littleton, N.H., her 33rd...