Word: peering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...autobiography published in England last week, Lord Halifax recalls a grim May afternoon when he met with Churchill and Neville Chamberlain to decide who should replace the discredited Chamberlain as Prime Minister. Halifax, Chamberlain's choice, opened the discussion by declaring that as a peer, forbidden to enter the House of Commons, he could not hope to run the government effectively. Dryly he records that Chamberlain "reluctantly and Churchill, with evidently much less reluctance, finished by accepting my view...
...Governor General is Lord Hailes, 56, who was named a peer early this year after more than 25 years of minor fame as the most elegantly attired M.P. in the House of Commons. As Patrick Buchan-Hepburn, he served as Conservative Chief Whip from 1948 to 1955, was Minister of Works in Sir Anthony Eden's Cabinet. He dropped out, however, when Sir Anthony stepped down and Harold Macmillan took over. His appointment as Governor General did not meet with universal approval. The London Times pointed out that the position of first Governor General calls for a "man with...
...imprint of the Yankee sign, "No Irish Need Apply," that was so frequent in his youth. Though he had little more than a grammar-school education, self-taught James Curley sprinkled his oratory and conversation with lines from Shakespeare, Cervantes and Voltaire, all seemingly aimed at proving him the peer of any Harvardman...
Shahn analyzed the modern spirit of conformity as a "retreat from controversiality," and satired its pervasive influence: "We are the organization man, we cannot create something better than that which was before ... I don't give a damn about my peer group and don't believe in satistical man or Riesman...
Playing a basic role in liberal education and the history of Western culture, the Classics have long held an honored position at Harvard. The department is generally acknowledged to be the nation's best and the peer of any in the world. As a result, the Harvard Classics Department engenders a remarkable amount of enthusiasm and camaraderie among its students--bordering on exclusiveness. As a somewhat surprising and certainly encouraging tribute to the vitality of the field, the Department's enrollment has increased thirty percent in the past year...