Word: parliament
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When Premier Count Bethlen rose to make the official announcement in Parliament, the greatest enthusiasm was displayed. Count Bethlen said: "I have no definite information, but I know that Mr. Harding is now on the way to Europe and I think on the way to Hungary. . . . Detailed arrangements will have to be made with the League through Lord Cecil when he reaches Paris...
...When Parliament met on Jan. 31, the irate Opposition charged the Government with attempted homicide. The Government would not reply to so base an accusation. The parliament was dissolved. (Time...
...father, a Member of Parliament until his son's act forced him to resign, and his married sister exiled themselves to Java in order to escape the scorn which Namba, Jr., has called down upon the family...
Died. Sir Henry Lucy ("Toby, M.P."), 79; at Hythe, England. He sat in the Press Gallery of Parliament during three reigns, was for 35 years author of The Essence of Parliament in Punch...
These two "friendly enemies" had in their turn a predecessor in the pre-Civil War days which was one body and known as "Parliament, or Debating Society. Its arguments on slavery often served to heat an otherwise chilly room by means of abundant, fervid productions. Just how warm the rivalry between the present parties will turn out to be, remains to be seen, but it is doubtful whether, lacking the lubrication which was indispensable in the older clubs, the speeches will have that old time flavor, and fiushed conviction...