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Word: headman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week Nazis short-waved to the U. S. the propaganda that Duff Cooper had booted ace Commentator J. B. Priestley off the air waves. Alleged reason: Priestley was threatening to supplant Duff Cooper as headman of the Ministry of Information. Truth was: although Priestley had not abandoned his thrice-weekly broadcasts to Canada and the U. S., he had given up his Sunday-night talks to the radio listeners of England...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Exit Priestley | 11/4/1940 | See Source »

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