Word: ifs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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"Sorry, old man," said Edward of Wales, "I can't do it, because if I do I shall have to do it for the rest of the school too."
British newspapers headlined the incident. The father of Improper Geoffrey wrote to St. James's Palace, asking if the Prince had really been annoyed by the request. Result: a two-page autograph letter for Improper Geoffrey, marked "Strictly Private, Not for Publication," and Geoffrey's hasty reinstatement in...
When white-lipped "Saint Maggie" risked a closure vote, bellowing John Wheately rushed into the Opposition lobby ahead of the Conservatives themselves, took with him other Clydesiders-fiery Jimmy Maxton, carrot-haired George Buchanan, dour David Kirkwood. Amid Tory cheers and then a dead hush Conservative Leader Stanley Baldwin edged...
"What is the [Labor] government going to do about all this? If we had Hoovers in every country, the problem [of Disarmament] would be solved."
Vigorously last week Tardieu L'Américain lashed into the Deputies a proposal to hold three sessions every week day until the budget is voted. If they must talk, let it be morning, noon and night, until the bitter end. With much grumbling they assented. Then Tardieu did...