Word: benn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...with legislation that shattered the traditional hereditary principle by providing lifetime peerages for both men and women. In Commons last week, Laborites attacked the bill with gibes and merriment, deplored any attempt at reforming the House of Lords on the ground that it should be abolished entirely. Anthony Wedgwood Benn, young (33) Laborite heir of Lord Stansgate, has long been trying to divest himself of an inheritance that will blight his political career by forcing him to leave the House of Commons. As his father listened in the gallery, he pointed out that the title descends to "heirs male...
...magazine editors, in their December issue, had already argued the absurdity of banning the publication by pointing out to their readers that "an independent survey conducted by Gould Gleiss, and Benn, Inc. revealed that the average Playboy reader was just the sophisticated man-about-town we'd hoped, twenty-nine years of age, college educated, with professional or executive experience; it also indicated that 25% of the readers are college students...
...felt much the same way about her abilities. Critic Dorothy Parker helped brush Kate off the stage with the withering comment: "She ran the gamut of emotions from A to B.'' Producer Joseph Verner Reed thought she might be better at high hurdles than at acting. Playwright Benn Levy said flatly: "She looks a fright, her manner is objectionable, and she has no talent...
...stoutly insisted that Dr. Malan had nothing to do with the government's decision. But Malan hopes to incorporate into South Africa the borderland protectorates of Bechuanaland, Swaziland and Basutoland, and may use the disintegrating tribal system as a pretext to annex the territories forcibly. Said Laborite Wedgwood Benn: "The fact is that in Seretse and Ruth is the focus of the whole problem of Africa...
...class: Karna (A) defeated Bursk (H), pin, 4:40; 130-lb. class: Lee (H) defeated Benn (A), pin, 0.54; 137-lb. class: J. Karns (A) defeated Dewar (H), 6-1; 147-lb. class: Iben (H) defeated French (A), 15-13; 157-lb. class: Swygert (A) defeated Chandler (H), 8-1; 167-lb. class: Tebben (A) defeated Caimi (H), pin, 7:29; 177-lb. class: Paulekas (A) defeated Farrington (H), 7-0; and heavyweight class: Lodge (A) defeated Bates...