Word: bachelor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Bachelor William Lyon Mackenzie King has been Prime Minister since 1921, except for an interval of three months when the Conservatives got in (TIME, July 5 to Sept. 27, 1926). Thus Mr. King and his Liberals parallel the U. S. Republican Party in their long tenure of Power. But they are more like U. S. Democrats in being free-traders with a wobble toward protection...
...Bachelor Richard Bedford Bennett, the Conservative leader, is a "new" man, 60 years old. He has never been Prime Minister. He won his leadership at the Conservative Party caucus of 1927, after Conservative Prime Minister Arthur Meighen had been forced out of office a total failure...
...King not because they are Liberal at heart (for French-Canadian farmers are as conservative as French peasants), but simply as a rebuke to the Conservatives, hated imposers of conscription. In this year's election, however, many believe that Quebec has worked off her old grudge, will switch to Bachelor Bennett...
...Minister make the next vote one of confidence. He did so, won by a majority of 48, not astounding but sufficient. Quick as a magician producing a rabbit, M. Tardieu drew from his pocket and read to the Chamber an executive order signed by the President of France, genial Bachelor Gaston ("Gastounet") Doumergue, adjourning Parliament until November...
Director Woodcock was ready to move into his new offices on the fifth floor of the Southern Railway building (Commissioner Doran was two floors below him). Aged 46, bachelor, Methodist, Lieutenant Colonel in the A. E. F. with a reputation as a hard drill master, able lawyer, Director Woodcock had served eight years as U. S. District Attorney at Baltimore. His home is at Salisbury on Maryland's "Eastern Shore." Tall and thin with sharp aggressive features, he believes in Prohibition with all his heart. He was at first reluctant to take this new post, but when...