Word: sir
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...distant echo of the unfulfilled prophecy of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Mr. King's longtime leader and friend: "The 19th Century was the century of the U.S.; the 20th Century will be the century of Canada...
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Through the years, as Mackenzie King had plodded past Sir John A. Macdonald's Canadian record of 18 years, 11 months and 26 days as Prime Minister, and Sir Robert Walpole's British Empire record of 20 years, 10 months and 10 days (TIME, May 3), M.P.s had eulogized him many times. Last week, at his last parliamentary milestone, there was nothing left to say. While the House went on with its business, the Prime Minister sat at his desk, staring blankly at the rows of empty seats. After a giant yawn, just before the session...