Word: holborn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Frederick L. Holborn '49, tutor in Government, was awaiting final election returns last night to show the accuracy of his forecast of yesterday's mid-term contests...
...parliamentary by-election last week, the question was submitted to the voters of Holborn and St. Pancras, a London constituency ranging from smart residential streets to slums. The Socialists won Holborn narrowly in 1951. Holborn, said Tory Chairman Lord Woolton, "is a sort of political barometer...
...Meat, Red Meat." Sir Winston wrote to Tory Candidate Tim Donovan: "By electing you, Holborn and St. Pancras will strike a blow which will resound through the land, and will increase our influence the world over. It is not often a single constituency can strike such a hefty blow for our island home...
...Tories by this same 2% in two other recent by-elections in Lancashire. Recent public-opinion polls also report an average 2% gain in Socialist popularity. In a general election this would be enough to give the Socialists power, and a 15-seat majority in the House of Commons. Holborn, reported the Times of London, was "something of a jolt for the Government...
Four Harvard graduate students were picked: Marshall Cohen 2G, of Long Beach, N.Y. and Conant Hall, Philosophy; Frederick Holborn 3P. A. of Hamden, Conn, and Winthrop House, Government; Seymour Salamanovitz 2G, of Detroit and Conant Hall, Social Relations; and Christopher Wright 3G, of Chicago and Lowell House, Philosophy...