Word: gores
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Gore, Tenn. Pastore...
...GORE VIDAL...
...DAVID ORMSBY GORE, British Ambassador to the U.S LL.D...
...year continued, the University seemed determined to impress the seniors with the blunt facts of change. Gore Hall, the College library since 1841, was torn down, and construction on the new Widener Library was begun. The College was in relative chaos as books were switched to at least ten temporary locations. Lowell also announced the institution of the University Press, to be housed in the bottom of University Hall. The Administration revealed that $4 million was being spent on construction...
Speaking at the Congressional Club in Washington, Australian Ambassador Sir Howard Beale, 64, sought to explain the inexplicable-British titles: "British Ambassador Sir David Ormsby Gore is a Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George, neither of whom ever existed. I am a Knight Commander of the British Empire, which has ceased to exist. And our two recent colleagues from Jamaica and Trinidad are Knights Bachelor, with wives and families." Concluded Sir Howard: "Such an illogical people-no wonder the French didn't want them in the Common Market...