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...Roosevelt, whose name Mr. Dooley always managed to mispronounce. "Whin Thaydore Rosenfelt kisses a baby," Mr. Dooley told his pal Hinissy, "thousands iv mothers in all corners of th' land hear th' report an' th' baby knows its been kissed an' bears th' hon'rable scar through life. Twinty years fr'm now th' counthry will be full iv young fellows lookin' as though they'd grajated fr'm a German college...
...Augustine of Canterbury. After a centuries-long struggle for precedence between the two sees of Canterbury and York, Pope Innocent VI (1352-62) made the Archbishop of Canterbury Primate of All England. The Archbishop of York was granted the lesser title Primate of England; the Most Rev. and Rt. Hon. Donald Coggan is the incumbent. Primacy does not make Canterbury head of his church (the Queen is). Yet as first bishop of England, he ranks, in protocol, next to the royal family and ahead of the Prime Minister; as much as anyone, he speaks the mind of the Church...
Beyond the Fringe. At first glance, the Most Rev. and Rt. Hon. Arthur Michael Ramsey, 100th to govern at Canterbury, may seem like something left out of Beyond the Fringe. "He's one continuous anecdote," says a clerical friend. "He looks like a character, and he knows...
Long Island University The Rt. Hon. Milton Obote, Prime
...what is interpreted as a move to promote better town-gown relations, Harvard confers honorary degrees upon 24 people whose names are selected at random from the Boston phone book. The Hon. Charles Ianello, spokesman for the group, delivers his acceptance speech on "Harvard Men Inside...