Word: hurstmonceaux
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Died. Douglas McGarel Hogg, first Viscount Hailsham, 78, one of Britain's ablest jurists and staunchest Tories, Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State for War and Lord President of the Council during the '20s and '30s; in Hurstmonceaux, England. Viscount Hailsham's father, Quintin Hogg, was a wealthy reformer, founded London's Polytechnic Institute. Viscount Hailsham's eldest son, Quintin McGarel Hogg (who now succeeds to the title and a seat in the House of Lords), is an M.P., a brilliant lawyer, and author (The Case for Conservatism...
Died. A nameless mouse of uncertain age; by devouring (by a pink rat); in Hurstmonceaux, England. His distinction: he was green. He was a triumph of the Rev. Dr. Rosslyn Bruce, an amateur geneticist, who bred 50 mouse generations to achieve the greenness...
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