Word: scotlanders
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...with some amusement that the world saw Ramsey MacDonald; first Labour Prime Minister, pay his respect to the King of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales and Emperor of India as dutifully as ever did Lord Beaconsfield, Lord Wellington, or Lord North. It probably made Soviet ministers throw bombs, clench their teeth, bristle their whiskers and evince other characteristically Russian signs of displeasure. It reassured conservative England; at least radical viewpoints did not interfere with good taste...
...foul blot has stained the national checker escutcheon. In that year a team of British thinkers journeyed to Boston, administered an overwhelming defeat to the U. S. players. Last week in Manhattan the blot was removed. The U. S. team swamped the combined talent of England and Scotland, hopping to victory in each of the twelve rounds played...
...full Cabinet roster runs to 21 ministers, with six more in a secondary category and not ordinarily present at the Cabinet table-an example, the Solicitor General for Scotland, A. M. MacRobert. Two peers hold high but chiefly honorary Cabinet rank: the Earl of Balfour (Premier 1902-05), and the Marquess of Salisbury-these respectively Lord President of the Council, and Leader of the House of Lords...
...Canadian Pacific S. S. Empress of Scotland landed 500 world- circling tourists at Shanghai while the Nationalist armies were only 60 miles away. Soon the tourists scuttled back on board, steamed away...
...royal face, small, round and rosy, peeped from a window in the stern facade of Buckingham Palace one morning last week. Out the palace gate was clattering a coach of gilt and glass. Above it the three golden genii of England, Scotland and Ireland supported replicas of the Crown, the Sceptre, the Sword of State and the emblems of knighthood. Within the coach rode awfully the King-Emperor and the Queen-Empress...