Word: sir
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...built in the next 20 years "for decency." Today 35 percent of the population of Scotland are living more than two in a room, thus find themselves prospective violators of the new bills. In London slums, Government inspectors have reported up to ten residents per room. Last week Sir E.'s new measures contained emergency clauses to prevent police from cracking down unjustly or too soon, but breathed the urgency of prompt building action. For the first time Parliament will be asked to vote a nationwide uniform building subsidy. In England and Wales this may mean to the owner...
...answering Moscow, His Majesty's Government may yet have to drop Sir E. who is simply too crusty for most British proletarians, even in the role of Santa Claus. At rumors that a housing specialist with sub-Cabinet rank will be appointed to head that section of the Ministry of Health, Manchester's Liberal Guardian grew enthusiastic: "This step saves the Government from the unpleasant necessity of demanding Sir Edward Hilton Young's resignation." Says Santa Sir E. with the incorrigible stiffness of a Nelsonian Old Etonian: "The nation's help will be given...
Orthopedist Philip Duncan Wilson of Manhattan, president of the Academy, read the message, called off the names of other famed cripples-,Æsop. Richard III, Alexander Pope, Lord Byron, Sir Walter Scott-and pointed to one-legged Dramatist Laurence Stallings who was at the speakers' table of the banquet. From their successes Dr. Wilson drew a moral: "The orthopedic surgeons have the duty not only of relieving the patient of physical deformity, but of watching over his mental training during the long periods of hospitalization. The cripple must be made to understand that while his disability can be greatly...
...masters of the world face each other across their tiny polished armies in England's most important tournament. By last week, each of the ten masters invited to Hastings had played nine matches, one against each opponent, and the tournament was over. Like Harold, England's hope, Sir George Thomas had been defeated after a brave stand. Loss of his ninth and final game left him with 6½ points,* in a triple tie for first place with Dr. Max Euwe of Amsterdam and Czechoslovakian Salo Flohr, Hastings winner for the last three years...
...acting were insufficient, the story would become trivial. More specifically, any type of adventure story demands a certain type of character for its roles with the result that individual interpretations must be thrown into the discard. The struggle of the colonel, Sir Guy Standing, between devotion to the army and love for his son lends coherence to the plot. Richard Cromwell brings to the role of the son a sincerity which overcomes the unpleasant aspect of his part, a sufficient proof of his ability. The reactions of Gary Cooper as the rebellious officer and Franchot Tone as the Blues replacement...