Word: edes
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...Ede Kiraly of Hungary finished second and Edi Rada of Austria, the European figure skating champion, third in the final standings...
...have since time began, and he raced off to tell the King. There were others to tell as well-Queen Mary by telephone, Philip's mother, who was in Greece, and his uncle. Earl Mountbatten, by wire. After Philip had made his family calls, Home Secretary James Chuter Ede, the first on the official list, was duly notified...
Home Secretary Chuter Ede was making plans to stay at home and get the news by telephone...
...procedure the bill could not become law until approved by the House of Lords, or if they chose not to approve, Commons could, at the end of two years, reaffirm its vote and make it law anyway. But, with four murderers under death sentence, impulsive, humanitarian Home Secretary Chuter Ede did not even wait for the bill to reach debate in the House of Lords. He reprieved them...
...British constitution or wasn't there? The government's Herbert Morrison came over to the House of Lords for the debate. He sat on a step with his elbow on the throne seat, passing a fretful hand through his thinning hair. Lord Chief Justice Goddard declared Mr. Ede's action unconstitutional. Viscount Cecil of Chelwood leveled a stern, accusing finger at Lord Jowitt who, as Lord Chancellor, was Prime Minister Attlee's nominee in the House of Lords, and thundered...