Word: chancellorship
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...officials jittered in alarm. It was bad enough to have a political controversy intruded into the election. But to make matters worse, it was the first time since 1847, when Queen Victoria's beloved Prince Albert won in a squeak over the popular Earl of Powis, that the chancellorship had ever been contested...
...trouble is a tired heart," said 61-year-old Sir Stafford Cripps last week as he resigned the Chancellorship of the Exchequer. "I suppose," he went on, "that the stress and strain of the past twelve years has had its effect. I suspected that all was not right twelve months ago and now this has been confirmed by my doctors...
...everyone-and just as unfailingly aloof. He gives no tutorials, has made few academic changes, seldom even invites anyone in to tea. But last week all Oxford was talking about John Lowe. He had just been made vice chancellor, the nearest thing Oxford has to a president (the chancellorship, at present held by Lord Halifax, is largely honorary...
...Roughly equivalent to president, except that the office generally rotates every three years. The chancellorship, now held by the Earl of Halifax, is largely honorary...
...stayed to become an authority on criminal law, Principal of B.N.C. (Brasenose College) and one of Oxford's better hosts. This week, at 63, he became Vice Chancellor, the nearest Oxford equivalent to a U.S. university president (the Chancellorship of Oxford, at present held by the Earl of Halifax, is strictly honorary...