Word: sirs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Woman on the Hill. A few months ago, the Tory government of Prime Minister Sir Basil Brooke had little reason to count on such a triumph. Last December, when Eire passed the Republic of Ireland Act, which claimed jurisdiction over the Northern counties, Sir Basil saw a chance to bolster his own position by calling a general election. In the ordinary course of events, Northern Ireland would not have had a general election until next year. By rushing the election through on the issue of partition, Northern Ireland's position as a part of the United Kingdom would...
Below the border in Eire, Prime Minister John A. Costello took up his coreligionists' cause with more will than wit. High-handed Costello played straight into Sir Basil's hands by calling together a committee which ordered collection boxes set up in front of every church, Catholic or Protestant, in Eire. The money was to be sent up North to help the Republicans...
...face, the Tory victory presented a striking parallel to another Quebec upset. In November 1910, when a Liberal government had been in power for 14 years, the Drummond-Arthabaska constituency heralded the end of an era by giving the Tories a surprise victory. Next year, the Liberal government of Sir Wilfrid Laurier was swept from office...
Between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, by the Persian Gulf, lies the "neutral zone"-a condominium of Arabia's King Ibn Saud and Kuwait's Sheik Sir Ahmad al Jabir-al-Subah. There, last week, business looked cracking good...