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Word: boutonnier (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Boss of Britain. Sure to dominate many a Conference session, if not eventually the Conference, is that mighty mover behind British Cabinet scenes, lean, taciturn, iron-willed Arthur Neville Chamberlain, son of one of Queen Victoria's greatest Ministers (orchid-boutonnièred "Old Joe"), today Chancellor of his Majesty's Exchequer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: The World Confers | 6/19/1933 | See Source »

...well and happy, a small girl that her little brother has elephants to play with. He attends an important conference in time to cast the vote that defeats a treaty which would have injured Sylvaria. Then he confronts his murderer. Shortly afterward, smiling bravely and clutching at his boutonnière, he dies for the second time, peacefully, in a garden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Oct. 31, 1932 | 10/31/1932 | See Source »

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