Word: queened
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...peers, squires and gentlemen were the nearly undisputed masters of the State, and in 1873 Mayor Joseph Chamberlain of Birmingham was considered "vulgar." He acknowledged that he was a Radical, and was darkly suspected of being both a socialist and a republican -that is, a traitor to Her Majesty Queen Victoria. So disgusted was Punch with the Radical, whom it contemptuously called "Joey," that he was caricatured as a clown, caught in the act of applying a red-hot poker labeled "Socialism" to the behind of a Briton reading the Times with a checkbook under...
Although last week Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain appeared to be only fishing in the River Tweed, the sudden announcement from Balmoral that King George and Queen Elizabeth will next year become the first reigning Britons ever to set foot in North America was recognized as an opening move by Son Neville to attempt the construction of Father Joseph's proposed transatlantic flying buttress of peace...
When a Londoner uses the word "Prom" he refers not to a college dance but to an extraordinarily popular series of concerts given every autumn at London's ugly old Queen's Hall. Unlike Covent Garden concerts, the Promenade series are not fashionable. Main reasons for the concerts' popularity are their cheapness, varied programs, unconventional atmosphere, the personality of their conductor. Highest admission charge is about $1.75, cheapest 50?. The 50?-tickets admit bearers to a large space devoid of any seats. There, an odd assortment of Londoners amble around the floor, smoke, swap opinions and amateur...
...evening to an audience of 175,000 Germans by No. 3 Nazi Goebbels. The results of the Mussolini-Hitler conversation were flashed to London where they brought the high point of drama in a speech to the House of Commons made by the Prime Minister, while in the gallery Queen Mary wept with emotion and Earl Baldwin watched every move...
Such shouts and transports as London has not seen since the Armistice sped Britain's beaming 69-year-old hero to Buckingham Palace. There Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain and the King and Queen were called out on the balcony by a steady surf roar of "Good old Nev! Hurrah for Chamberlain! Peace with honor! Three cheers for Nev! Good old Nev! Peace in our time...