Word: lording
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...century ago conservative Britons comforted themselves that their House of Lords was an anchor against the tempest of public opinion. A lord became a lord by appointment of the King, or by the happy chance of having a titled father. He owed nothing to any voter, and could afford (if he chose) to base his approach to any public matter on the dictum: "The public be damned...
...That Makes It Worse." What, thundered the noble lords last week, was the government thinking of? Was there a British constitution or wasn't there? The government's Herbert Morrison came over to the House of Lords for the debate. He sat on a step with his elbow on the throne seat, passing a fretful hand through his thinning hair. Lord Chief Justice Goddard declared Mr. Ede's action unconstitutional. Viscount Cecil of Chelwood leveled a stern, accusing finger at Lord Jowitt who, as Lord Chancellor, was Prime Minister Attlee's nominee in the House...
...week, Pope Pius XII reminded the International College of Surgeons that their moral duty is to spare unborn infants even at the risk of their mothers' lives. Surgeons, he said, should not heed "the understandable anguish of husbandly love" when faced with such a choice. "God alone is Lord of life...
...retail world, few men had moved faster than handsome, Swedish-born Walter Hoving. At 30 he was vice president of Manhattan's R. H. Macy & Co.. at 34 vice president and sales manager of Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc.. and at 38 chairman of Manhattan's Lord & Taylor department store...
...years ago, at 48, Walter Hoving got tired of working for other people. He quit his $135,000-a-year job at Lord & Taylor, formed his own Hoving Corp. to "acquire and operate" stores "with an annual volume of between $150 and $200 million." Many a merchandiser, who regarded Hoving's cold self-confidence as plain conceit, shrugged off this big talk. But last week Hoving, who bought Manhattan's Bonwit Teller two years ago (TIME, June 10, 1946), took another step toward his goal...