Word: whilom
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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This adder sting touched off Sir Austen Chamberlain, be-monocled, correct and supremely supercilious Peace Prizeman (1926), whilom British Foreign Minister. Wagging a bony forefinger at the Chancellor he cried in shocked protest: "That remark in its tone and temper stands alone in the records of the House! The Right Honorable Gentleman is always ready to impute motives of such a character to the opposition and he has caused 300 gentlemen to sit up all night, not to do business, but for his own satisfaction...
...devastating paragraph the whilom Lord High Chancellor revealed that Scientist Haldane is a man with a past, a past in which he once obscurely wrote these damning words: Any paper on pure science becomes the property of the whole world the moment it is published...
Believing as he still does that he is God's anointed, the whilom All Highest feels a duty, a pious obligation to preach. Constantly in touch with leading German historians and theologians, he often turns up curious bits of lore. In a recent hearthrug sermon, details of which leaked out last week, the onetime War Lord revealed matter extremely pertinent to the Crucifixion of Jesus which startled his household at Doorn and many another throughout Germany...
Stern, the court fined whilom Chief Tibacu 100,000 lei (about $500), clapped him into jail for ten years, sentenced his wife and aides to five years each...
...vote of 265 to 150, the Reichstag last week completely revised the Defense of the Republic Act, struck out the clause forbidding Wilhelm II to enter Germany. Sulky and prudent, the whilom War lord made no move to return to Berlin...