Word: earls
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Placed the Labor Government in a technical minority by passing 42 to 21 (with 674 absences and abstentions) a resolution which deplored Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald's recognition of Soviet Russia (TIME, Nov. 18). The vote came after a sneering, sarcastic harang by the Earl of Birkenhead, bitter Moscow-phobe. "I am almost convinced by the Government's orators," said the bitter Earl, "that Soviet propaganda is either wholly innocuous or positively beneficial to Great Britain. Perhaps we ought to subsidize...
...Hans Brinker; or the Silver Skates, Heidi, Earl the Jungle...
Newsgatherers noting the growing popularity of knitting as a pastime for men in British society admired the handiwork of other noble needlemen-a handsome jumper by the Right Honorable the Earl of Harewood (formerly Viscount Lascelles, spouse of Princess Mary); scarves and mufflers by Baron Gainford, vice-chairman of the British Broadcasting Co., Ltd., and Baron Holmpatrick, famed Cavalryman...
Fifth son of the late Earl of Crawford, tall Sir Ronald is high in chivalry, can match order for order with the present British Ambassador at Washington, courtly Sir Esme Howard. Both are Knights Commander of the Bath, both are Knights Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George, both have an imposing row of subsidiary ribbons to blazon their lapels. Of interest to Washington diners-out is the fact that unlike Sir Esme Howard, Sir Ronald Lindsay is not a teetotaler, will almost certainly abolish the rule against the importation of embassy liquor...
...Lewis was one of jazz's first jazzbos. He was playing the clarinet crazily in Earl Fuller's band in Rector's restaurant, Manhattan, when he began to make money. Until then his antics had always got him into trouble. His father made a good living running the ladies bargain store in Circleville, Ohio. Young Lewis went over to Chillicothe in the street car every night to play in the high school band. Of Hebrew descent, he joined the Episcopal church to sing in the choir next to a girl he liked. He was discharged from Henry...