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Word: oliverus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Oliverus v. Haraldus. Last week, on the two official voting days, 3,673 out of Oxford's eligible 30,000 M.A.s* turned up in robes to vote. One by one, in the great room where Parliament met in 1665 to escape the plague of London, they marked their ballots for Oliverum Shewell Franks or Mauricium Haraldum Macmillan. Education Minister Sir David Eccles was among those who had to revalidate their degrees to vote, a process that brought Oxford an unexpected windfall of $6,000 in fees. One train brought down Aviation Minister Duncan Sandys from London. Old Laborite Lord...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Fox Hunter | 3/14/1960 | See Source »

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