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Word: virginia-born (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1929-1929
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What little excitement the closing days of the campaign held was provided by pugnacious, Virginia-born, Viscountess Nancy Astor. For several days Britain debated whether or not: 1) Lady Astor had knocked a Labor organizer's hat off at Plymouth. 2) Lady Astor's sister, Mrs. Paul Phipps, had received a nasty blow in the pit of the stomach from a young woman Laborite carrying a baby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Apathy | 6/3/1929 | See Source »

...Chuckled as the Lady Astor, patrician Virginia-born British M. P., silenced a feminine opponent on the floor of the House with the fine old Southern expletive, "Oh, rats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITISH EMPIRE: Parliament's Week: Feb. 4, 1929 | 2/4/1929 | See Source »

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