Word: chambers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...more great are all those sentiments which unite us than are the"-Churchill smiled and coughed -"still quite important matters which are so often the occasion of debate in this house and out of doors." As Churchill took his seat again, laughter and more cheers echoed through the chamber...
...present organization is headed by Bob Slate, proprietor of the Massachusetts Avenue stationery store. He is assisted by more than 35 members who serve in other executive and committee posts. The association works in close cooperation with the Cambridge city government and Chamber of Commrece...
This joke, which was originally made in the French Chamber of Deputies decades ago and which eventually found its way into the anecdote section of the "Readers Digest," is typical of those in the movie. Almost all of the laughs arrive by way of deep left field and are put across with the heavy hand of amateur gag men. This is unfortunate because four of the participants are capable of real humor. Besides the traditional Hepburn-Tracy team, the movie present Judy Holliday of "Born Yesterday" fame and Tom Ewell, who played Ensign Pulver in "Mr. Roberts...
Even in the green-carpeted Commons chamber there was no air of anticipation. Although the diplomatic corps had been told that Parliament would get its first review of Canadian foreign policy since last summer's general election, only four foreign diplomats showed...
...Appreciation. Walla Walla caught the fever. The Boosters' Club proclaimed "A" (for Appreciation) Week. The Chamber of Commerce switched the date of its annual "pigskin party" so that 250 high-school students from nearby towns could see the game. The Chamber's secretary and the town's health inspector rigged themselves up in turtleneck sweaters and knickers as auxiliary cheerleaders...