Word: conduction
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...told his faith ful squire Anthony Eden that he intended to retire soon after the Queen's return from her round-the-world tour. He was mortally tired; he still had his great moments, but the aftereffects of a stroke last year had left him often unfit to conduct the daily business of government...
...reaches the pinnacle of her profession when she becomes the darling of the Duke of York, second son of George III and commander in chief of the army. But her stipend is lean, and she fattens it by peddling army commissions. When her c. in c. cashiers her for conduct unbecoming a mistress, she avenges herself by causing one of the juiciest scandals ever aired in the House of Commons. Her noble victim manages at least to stop her from writing her memoirs about him by making a cash & carry settlement. But Mary Anne, casting a Cassandra-like glance into...
...review board met on August 29 for almost ten hours of hearings and deliberation. Novikoff himself testified, but refused to answer certain questions concerning his associations unless the board would agree to conditions which it could not accept. The board then voted 14-8 that Novikoff was guilty of "conduct which justifies his dismissal...
Despite the recent attacks upon his conduct, Beaty appears unchastened and unreconciled. Charges of anti-Semitism are always hurled against "genuine anti-Communists," he claims and concludes, "I have no feelings except feelings of friendship for pro-American Jews...
...trusted of Temple had formerly told newspapers that Dunham had explained his conduct on the ground that "he disapproved of the committee and that he intended to avoid acting as an informer...