Word: bumblerust
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Dates: during 1932-1932
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...Neville. Without his name and inherited political prestige, able but scarcely likeable Neville Chamberlain could most certainly not have overhauled the whole Conservative Party machine, oiling grievances and rubbing off bumblerust. His husky voice would scarcely have had the authority to bring those bad boys, the Press Peers, to their basically Conservative senses. Finally, without his family's name and prestigeous relations with Birmingham Mr. Chamberlain could not have applied the pressure necessary to make Mother Free Trade Britain change her middle name to High Tariff...
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