Word: chancellor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Visit. It was about 11:30 one fine morning when the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Winston Churchill, wandered into No. 11 Downing St., back from a weekend at his country place in Kent. He had not been there long when an acquaintance from across the Channel arrived to keep an engagement. Mr. Churchill was in good humor. Apparently he had not let the impending visit of his acquaintance spoil his weekend...
Last week the Committee of the Henry P. Davison Scholarship Fund announced the names of the three Cantabs (Cambridgers) who will study and play next year in the U. S. At Yale-H. H. Thomas of Sidney, Sussex, winner of the Chancellor's medal for English verse. At Princeton-W. P. N. Edwards, of Corpus Christi able golfer. At Harvard-G. C. R. Ely of Trinity, who recently gained a first in the law tripos...
...monster parade of Hackenkreutzer, and became, for the nonce, quiescent. It was widely believed that the rioting and demonstrations were not really directed against the Zionists, but were merely attempts to embarrass the present Austrian Government with a view to effecting a coup d'etat in favor of Chancellor Seipel, Catholic priest, former Premier...
Another lugubrious Brahms symphony was played, Chancellor Hans Luther, who was present with the entire Cabinet, stood up. There was no cheering. He made a few brief references to parliamentary work and concluded the "depressing" ceremony by calling for "hochs" for the Republic. President von Hindenburg led the cheering, which was restrained and unreal...
Communists raised a tumult, called the Chancellor a "tax robber" amid wild cheers, boos, growls. Under threat of police intervention they cooled. Quiet was restored...