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...where Classmate Cyril Connolly remembers him as "the graceful, tolerant, sleepy boy who is showered with favors and crowned with laurels, without any apparent exertion on his part. He appeared honorably ineligible for the struggle of life." At Christ Church College, Oxford, Home could not earn his blue at cricket, never matching his brilliant 66 on a sticky wicket for Eton against Harrow. He caught Neville Chamberlain's eye and became his parliamentary private secretary-only to suffer obloquy later for having ridden with Chamberlain through the cheering crowds at Munich. In the 1945 Labor landslide, he even managed...
...understandable that you want to keep these treasures that you yourselves once imported from ever being exported. But in view of your export restrictions, there may be some among you who will wonder whether buying old masters in Zurich and New York is quite cricket. Insofar as you have closed your own market, should your museums take advantage of the open markets that remain...
...accepted his "share of the responsibility" and promised to make "law abidance, ethical business conduct and integrity the way of life at Westinghouse." Cresap's reaction to the whole "sorry" episode: "I hope the long-run results will be constructive and wholesome for the entire industry." Coals & Cricket. By the time Cresap appeared, the subcommittee was already digging into the possibility that there had been price fixing not only in heavy equipment, the only field covered in the Government's original conspiracy charges, but in electric motors as well. The new dis closures came from William F. Oswalt...
...devoted my efforts to raking over the coals of the past. My efforts have been devoted to making sure the ship is in shape today." Said Senator Hart: "I have the greatest difficulty getting it through my noodle why management seems to feel that it isn't cricket to rake over the coals...
...double-header attraction last weekend, the club's Commonwealth members trounced the Cricket Club, 98 wickets to 45 wickets. Tony Davies batted in 29 runs before being stopped, as the Rugby Club's more rugged style seemed to pay rich dividends against the gentler cricket players...