Word: statesmanly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Elder Statesman...
...between times, though, he was still the elder statesman of the national game, a grey-haired philosopher given to anarchic grammar and startling non sequiturs...
Died. Leopold Stennett Amery, 81, Tory elder statesman, onetime First Lord of the Admiralty (1922-24), Colonial Secretary (1924-29), wartime Secretary of State for India and Burma under the Commonwealth (1940-45), author (Empire and Prosperity); in his sleep at his home; in London. India-born Amery delivered the oratorical coup de grâce to Chamberlain in 1940 when he quoted in the House of Commons from Oliver Cromwell: "You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing ... In the name of God, go!" A lifelong imperialist, he lived to see his son John...
Early this year, just when people were openly asking when Pao would be taking over the premiership, he ran into the worst sort of trouble that can befall a Thai statesman: star trouble. Thailand's best astrologers predicted in the newspapers that about the month of August, ruin would come upon one or two of Bangkok's mighty. Rumor said that Pao fired three astrologers in a row for providinig hin with unfavorable predictions. At the height of this horoscopic crisis. Preimier Pibulsonggram returned from a trip to the U.S., full of a lot of new ideas...
...85th birthday, Elder Statesman Bernard Baruch was nearly buried by congratulations, including a two-page frappé of well-wishes whipped up by the New York Herald Tribune. Sample message (from Heavyweight Champion Rocky Marciano): "My humble toast to the greatest strength, Wisdom." Baruch himself was patiently holding off newsmen, seeking gems of sagacity. Said he: "To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am." One reporter insistently pressed Baruch for the lowdown on where the world is headed. Grinned the sage of Hobcaw Barony: "I don't know." The reporter expressed amazement. Advised Veteran Pundit...