Word: terrel
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that right is done in the end." House of Commons. The Conservative Party's motion (TIME, May 12) condemning the abolition of the McKenna duties was defeated by 317 to 252 votes. The debate was dull- except for the use of the prohibited word "lie" by Captain Terrel, Conservative, which brought him into conflict with the Speaker. Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Snowden also stirred the House by an unusually "acrid and ironical" speech. ¶ The Labor bill for the nationalization of the mines was defeated by 264 to 168 votes. It was the first definitely Socialistic measure...