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Word: harrovians (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cannot afford to be tarred by Christine. What they have traditionally offered the nation is men born and raised in the exacting disciplines of leadership. If now, in addition to all the political and economic reverses they have suffered in the past year, Britons should conclude that Etonian and Harrovian leaders are personally no wiser or more upright-and in many cases they have proved flagrantly less so-than those whom they govern, twelve years of Tory government may end in a mighty flash of moral indignation mixed with ridicule...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Britain: The Time of the Trollop | 6/21/1963 | See Source »

Filing-Cabinet Frenchies. After passage of the new gaming act. Crockford's was bought by an Old Harrovian entrepreneur, blond, beefy Tim Holland. 35, who brags of learning bridge when he was nine. He transformed the club's venerable second floor with $80,000 worth of silk damask wall coverings and 18th century candelabra, imported eight French croupiers and French-made plastic chips representing $1,500,000 (highest chip: $2,800) for four chemmy and eight poker tables. In return for a cut of the take. Businessman Holland persuaded foxy old Isidor Abbecassis. Le Touquet's casino...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Pandemonium Revisited | 12/29/1961 | See Source »

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