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Word: britishism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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John Major, the former British Prime Minister, cautioned against short-sighted geopolitics in his Wednesday night speech to the ARCO Forum...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Spirited Major Calls for Caution | 9/17/1999 | See Source »

...Prime Minister, Major opposed British integration into the Euro and weathered a storm of protest from a faction of his own party...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Spirited Major Calls for Caution | 9/17/1999 | See Source »

Despite the weighty topics, Major's speech was full of dry British wit, which delighted the capacity crowd of nearly...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Spirited Major Calls for Caution | 9/17/1999 | See Source »

Major's road to 10 Downing St. was unorthodox even by British standards. He did not attend college and learned through his positions in virtually every department of the British government...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Spirited Major Calls for Caution | 9/17/1999 | See Source »

...road. But Dodi's father Mohammed al Fayed, billionaire owner of the Paris Ritz, is appealing the decision to drop charges. Convinced that Princess Diana was murdered to prevent a marriage with his Muslim son, al Fayed is desperate to air his conspiracy theories in court. He wants the British inquests into the exact causes of Diana's and Dodi's deaths to be held jointly, which would allow him to testify at Diana's inquest, and to hold the hearings before a jury. The two coroners in the case have turned him down on both counts, but al Fayed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diana | 9/13/1999 | See Source »

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