Word: earls
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Britain's House of Lords conservative, aristocratic Esme Bligh, Ninth Earl of Darnley, rose to propose a motion: "that this house hereby affirm its belief that peace will only be established ... by the adoption of the Christian commands of neighborly conduct." Viscount Addison felt "some regret that the noble Earl was not able to make some more practical and effective suggestion. . . ." The League of Nation's roommate, aging, disillusioned Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, could not believe that such a resolution would "advance the cause of peace in the very slightest...
...Earl of Athlone, great-uncle of Princess Elizabeth, is chancellor of the University of London. Last week, when the University made the Princess an honorary Bachelor of Music, the chancellor felt moved to comment, implicitly, on honorary degrees in general and, explicitly, on the Princess's degree in particular. Had Princess Elizabeth gone to the University, he said, she would have won the sheepskin anyway-"by the somewhat more laborious process of examination...
...clouds of "liberalism," and regards Communists, more in sorrow than in anger, as erring brethren. It was thus something of a surprise to New Republic readers last week when the NR announced, starting in its Aug. 5 issue, the first of a series of articles by Communist emeritus Earl Browder "Exclusively in the New Republic...
...editors of the NR boasted of a scoop. Chiefly responsible for it is the NR's nervous, grey-thatched Treasurer Daniel Mebane, a good friend of Earl's brother Bill who was onetime president and business manager of the Communist Daily Worker. When Earl Browder returned from his mysterious mission to Moscow (TIME, July 8), Earl and NR Editor Bruce Bliven went into a huddle. Bliven outlined a series of controversial subjects Browder might write about, some of them designed to indicate what Browder was up to. Browder crossed out all the tough ones, agreed to write about...
...chancellorship, an honorary post, is currently held by the Earl of Halifax, former Ambassador to the U.S. The vice-chancellorship, usually held for three years, rotates by seniority among the heads of Oxford colleges...