Word: parliament
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...made no mark in Parliament for ten years, but outside he had an excellent reputation as a capable lawyer. He was appointed permanent counsel for Oxford University and Attorney General to the Prince of Wales. In Asquith's short-lived coalition Government, he became Solicitor General, and, the year following, Premier George made him Home Secretary, in which capacity he remained for two years and distinguished himself in the House by his able speeches. The year 1919 saw him a Lord of Appeal and in the Bonar Law and Baldwin Governments he was Lord High Chancellor, a position...
...gold parity bonds which Parliament authorized Finance Minister Joseph Caillaux to issue (TIME, July 6) were eagerly bought up by the bond- buying public until the number of new bonds purchased exceeded the number of old bonds to be redeemed...
...coup de état which General Pangalos and Admiral Hadjikiriakos recently executed (TIME, July 6) was legalized when Parliament gave its confidence to the new government by 185 votes to 14, with 100 members abstaining...
...Parliament was then prorogued until Oct. 15. A new election is due in December, but may not be held until next spring...
Certain medical members of the British Parliament returned to London, last week, to murmur about a serum treatment for tuberculosis which they had gone to Geneva to investigate-the invention of one Dr. Henry Spahlinger. On the streets of Geneva, they said, posters were displayed announcing the sale of Dr. Spahlinger's research station if his debts were not paid. Despite this, he has rejected an offer of ?250,000 for his serum from a pharmaceutical manufacturing firm, because he feared the serum would be exploited beyond the means of the poor. The medical M. P.'s reported...