Word: lorde
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Jewish tradition the opening statement (Exodus 20:2; Deuteronomy 5:6) of the Lord who brought the Israelites out of Egypt is considered to be the first of the Commandments. The command to worship no other gods and the prohibition of graven images are lumped into the second. From the third through the tenth, the numbering used by the Jews and most Protestants is the same...
...Governor General is Lord Hailes, 56, who was named a peer early this year after more than 25 years of minor fame as the most elegantly attired M.P. in the House of Commons. As Patrick Buchan-Hepburn, he served as Conservative Chief Whip from 1948 to 1955, was Minister of Works in Sir Anthony Eden's Cabinet. He dropped out, however, when Sir Anthony stepped down and Harold Macmillan took over. His appointment as Governor General did not meet with universal approval. The London Times pointed out that the position of first Governor General calls for a "man with...
...announce that, of course, the United States Navy had known about the gag and simply played along. The men of the Bennington knew better, but decided to take their humiliation in stride. They collected $1,800 for the boys' charity and handed it over to Sydney's Lord Mayor Harry Jensen. His lordship was most grateful-and most sympathetic. After all, on the same day another group of students had seized him and whisked him off, a prisoner...
...dreaded fever. Among them was Private Ernest Wilkinson-a short (5 ft. 5 in.), devout and dedicated boy who was then in his sophomore year at B.Y.U. As he prayed for recovery, young Wilkinson made a vow: If he lived, he would "do something great for the Lord's university...
...Massachusetts sabbatarian statute dates from 1692, the time of the Salem witchcraft trials, and has remained on the books ever since. The heart of the law, now as in the seventeenth century, is, "Whoever on the Lord's Day keeps open his shop, warehouse, or work-house or does any matter of labor, business or work except works of neccesity or charity shall be punished by a fine of not more than...