Word: primed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...trickster, a hypocrite, a liar, a backstabber and a would-be dictator were among the various things that Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain was called last week when he announced to the House of Commons that his Government had recognized Franco Spain. Few predecessors had ever taken such a verbal licking on that floor...
...least going to say their say at the finish. If the censure motion was bitter, it was nothing compared to the way in which terrier-sized Clement Richard Attlee, Leader of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition, tied into Mr. Chamberlain. Said Major Attlee: "It looks as if the Prime Minister has given away everything and got nothing in its place, not even a 'thank you' from General Franco. This is not in the interests of democracy or the interests of the safety of the British Empire. The Government is thinking all the time of the interests...
...Chamberlain, visibly disturbed, attempted to soothe the Opposition by reading a telegram which he had received from General Franco, giving what the Prime Minister chose to interpret as "assurances" that Loyalist rights would be respected. When Mr. Chamberlain read a Franco passage saying that "Spain is not disposed to accept any foreign intervention which might injure her dignity or sovereignty," the Opposition laughed derisively and long. But the Government had the last laugh, defeating the censure motion...
...mother of two children. Her husband, likewise a doctor, works in London's famed Harley Street, where doctors' fees are reputed highest in the world. During the House of Commons' question time one day last week, Edith Summerskill, M.P., M.D., stood up and asked: "Will the Prime Minister consider the introduction of legislation to compel wage earners to disclose their wages to their wives?" The other eight women M.P.s sat up in their seats, the 341 men* took a deep breath as Neville Chamberlain, whose good spouse knows very well that his quarterly Government pay check...
Stagecoach (United Artists-Walter Wanger). In the forefront of Hollywood's crusade for social consciousness is Producer Walter Wanger (rhymes with "ranger"), a presentable young Dartmouth man, a prime exception to the rule that a college education is an insuperable handicap in Hollywood. Wanger got into the movie business after a heterogeneous career which included producing a play for Nazimova, service as a War flier in Italy (where he cracked up so many planes he was known as "the Austrian ace"), and running Paramount's Eastern studio in the 19203. Three years ago, he astounded the industry...