Word: leopold
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...blow fell last week on that crusty, conservative Briton-of-Britons, Secretary for India Leopold Amery. Over the Berlin radio came the announcement that his son John would speak to Britain. The blow might have been softened by the fact that the German Government disclaimed responsibility for John's words. But the voice that followed read typical canned Nazi propaganda. Excerpts...
...were there to hear mop-maned Leopold Stokowski and the Los Angeles Philharmonic play Shostakovich's new Seventh (Leningrad) Symphony (TIME, July 20). Black-tailed musicians filed out in the jerry-built unpainted shell. When a shapely blonde violinist took her place in the rear row, the fun began. "Bring her up front," yelled the soldiers...
...House of Commons Leopold Amery, Secretary of State for India, raised an angry fist. A roar of applause broke when he said: "We are not quitting India on anybody's orders...
...India Allah Bakhsh's stand carried weight. In London it and a flood of other protestations over the mishandling of the Indian crisis apparently carried none. The House of Commons debated a new India Bill (to bypass court appeals in cases of military executions). When Leopold Amery, Secretary of State for India, announced that British planes were being used to machine-gun mobs in Bihar Province (TIME, Oct. 5), Tory backbenchers burst into cheers...
Dean Henry Chauncey last night suggested that Stimson's remarks emphasized the warning of the McNutt report of last week that college students could not be sure of finishing their course of study. Dr. Richard Leopold, acting head of the War Service Information Bureau, added that the Enlisted Reserve would still be advantageous under present conditions for students...