Word: chamberlaine
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...Duchess Dowager of Devonshire, assisted by the Lord Great Chamberlain, unfastened the silk ribbons that held the Queen's train, and slipped over Her Majesty's arms a white muslin smock. Thus, with jewels hidden, Elizabeth crossed the chancel to her seat in King Edward's chair. The choir sang Handel's anthem Zadok the Priest, and four Knights of the Garter, gathering about their Queen, raised a cloth-of-gold canopy above her. The Dean of Westminster poured a spoonful of holy oil (containing perfumes of orange blossom, roses, cinnamon and jasmine, mixed with musk...
...palace approval, there had been none; the Lord Chamberlain, as official censor, simply had found the revue fit for public view without considering its political content. As for South Africa's protests, the revue's producer said Don't Malign Malan would definitely stay on the program. Stops the show almost every night, he added...
Poets & Pronunciation. Entering the Civil Service after Cambridge, Eddie Marsh soon became known as "the perfect private secretary," first to Joseph Chamberlain, later, in 1905, to Winston Churchill, then Under Secretary in the Colonial Office. Eddie knew all Britain's greats and near-greats, dashed from dinner to dinner drumming the names of his favorite artists into their ears. He followed Churchill to the Board of Trade, finally to the Admiralty, eventually won a knighthood in 1937 for his services...
...Chamberlain, a former law school student and newspaper reporter, came to Lowell in 1947. Master Hammond called Chamberlain "a fine choice...
...Chamberlain came to America from Ireland at the age of 15. He finished his high school career at Boston Latin, then joined up with the Post. He has returned to County Clare on the Emerald Isle only once, but that trip proved well worth while. It provided him with a wife...