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...addition, Liberal Jean Lesage, Premier of Quebec, has consented to aid the national party's cause in the providence. His popularity will draw undecided voters into Liberal's ranks. The key to a Liberal victory in the province of Quebec, however, is a 35 year-old Liberal back-bencher by the name of Yvon Dupuis. His oratory is accompanied by much Gallic arm-flailing and fist-clenching. The party hopes he will provide the difference between victory and defeat in a hard-fought battle with the Socred party in Quebec...
Last week a tall, young Tory back bencher angrily waved an arm toward his own government front bench. "The country and industry," he cried, "have looked in vain for economic leadership from the government." The occasion was a debate about Britain's current economic slippage...
...Sack Bencher. In Wellington, N.Z., during a late session of Parliament, Chairman of Committees Reginald Keeling rebuked Opposition Member Dean Eyre, said: "Will the honorable member please speak more quietly, for some members are sleeping...
Goodhart, Knight Commander of the British Empire, is an authority on English Law and its philosophy. He is an Honorary Bencher of Lincoln's Inn, and the author of a number of books on legal subjects. A native of New York, he holds degrees from Yale and Cambridge Universities...
...called because the four Inns-Gray's, Lincoln's, the Inner and Middle Temples-once furnished lodgings for their members. Francis Bacon was a "bencher"' (senior member), and Thomas More, Thackeray, Pitt, Burke and Disraeli all attended the Inns...