Word: ciceronian
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week everyone forgot that less than six months ago Lord Cushendun was only Rt. Hon. Ronald F. M'Neill, Financial Secretary to the Treasury. He loomed suddenly as a champion of Western Europe against Soviet Russia. The occasion for his Ciceronian oration was the most important meeting thus far held by an august body whose title runs to 22 words: The Preparatory Commission for the Disarmament Conference, being a Commission to prepare for a Conference on the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments (TIME...
...Twins in Ciceronian nooks...
...vitalized system of Senior Advisers is not the only sign that times are changed. But fortunately the character of most of the changes is very unlikely to provoke the Ciceronian cry of "O tempora! O mores!" The hours for afternoon classes, the extension of the Dean's List, the requirements for promotion...