Word: ernest
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...streets and cafes in St.-Germain-des-Prés and Montparnasse, where every Tom, Scott and Ezra thought of himself as a man of genius, and in some cases was. Morley Callaghan, Canadian novelist, is one of those who have survived to tell how they once saw Ernest plain...
...resignation of Defense Minister Harkness, who was followed in this action by Associate Defense Minister Pierre Sevigny and Trade Minister George Hees. In addition, Works Minister Davy Fulton resigned to head the PC Party in British Columbia, and Justice Minister Donald Fleming and Secretary of State G. Ernest Halpenny left the Cabinet for reasons of health. The party schism has penetrated deep enough into the ranks of PC's to create an antagonistic and vociferous wing...
Oppenheimer firmly denies that De Beers any longer holds diamonds off the market to buttress prices, which his father, Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, did during the Depression. But Harry Oppenheimer, a thoughtful and gregarious veteran of Oxford and Britain's World War II Desert Rats, does indeed set prices for the industry. Reason: almost all other African producers see the advantage of selling to the De Beers powerhouse rather than engaging in cutthroat competition. Even the Soviets recently chose Oppenheimer to market their Siberian gems. As for those who dig his diamonds out, Oppenheimer pays his unskilled African laborers better...
...past decade, Labor's strength has been sapped by internal bickering and by the loss of many of its ablest men (Gaitskell, Sir Stafford Cripps, Ernest Bevin, Aneurin Bevan). The feuding has faded, and Labor finds itself in the best shape in years to topple the government of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. A Gallup poll last week indicated that Labor had a 15½% lead over the Conservatives, the lowest the Tories have been in eleven years in power...
...France's Chanel No. 5, a sexy blend of musk, Bulgarian rosebuds and 100 other essences that has become the world's bestknown perfume on the basis of the secret discovered in 1920 by French Chemist Ernest Beaux...