Word: predecessors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This the cycle is completed and we experience the amazing situation of geeing one Board of Oversees two countries later follow directly in the foot-steps of its predecessor. Will the time come, perhaps in 2020, when all the now ourloos, century-old edicts of the Overseers will be renacted, when again the Board will say it is immoral, for the young men of Massachusetts Hall to have their hair dressed on Sunday and will again vote "That the President shall Entertain the Scholars in the Hall with Frequent Expositions of the holy Scriptures...
...consent. In the Chamber of the House, the joft murmurs grew to audible agitation. Thomas Johnston, Laborite, asked by whose authority the picture had been hung. The Right Hon. F. W. Jowett, First Commissioner of Works, answered that permission to hang the picture was given by his Conservative predecessor, Sir John Baird. He assured the House that its present position could not be regarded as permanent and that members would be given an opportunity to express their approval or 'disapproval before a final decision was reached. Considerable commotion was provoked by these statements-some M.P.'s championing Lady...
...feet tall, hearty, only 48 years old. He is a master of silence like his predecessor, Murphy. Unlike Murphy, he is also a persuasive speaker. This is not entirely an advantage. James Bryce in his standard work** declares : "It is, of course, a gain to a Ring to have among them a man of popular gifts, because he helps to conceal the odious features of their rule, gilding it by his rhetoric, and winning the applause of the masses who stand outside the circle of workers. However, the position of the rhetorical boss is less firmly rooted than that...
...Will you follow the policies of your predecessor, Mr. Murphy...
...place in British political history is certainly great. His statesmanship was of a high order and as a politician his influence was far-reaching. How much does ex-Premier Asquith owe to his predecessor? Probably he himself could not answer that question. Both men have carried on a British tradition in that they were both Premiers of high intellectual attainments. But it remains to be said of Sir Henry that he prepared the way for the Long Parliament of Mr. Asquith (1908-1915) by his efficient conduct in Parliament and by his masterly management of the Liberal Party. He inculcated...