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He portrayed the decision to form a coalition as being in line with a long Tory tradition of strong leadership, comparable to Disraeli's dramatic introduction of mass democracy in the 1860s, or Margaret Thatcher's "bold overthrow of the failed consensus of the 1970s".
William Hague emerges reborn as Nick Clegg fan Patrick Wintour 2010
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Visitors to Benjamin Disraeli's former home, Hughenden Manor in Buckinghamshire, are greeted by a familiar voice on the introductory tape.
Hugh Muir's diary 2011
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Ever since I read Benjamin Disraeli's classic novel Sybil when I was at Cambridge, I've loved writers who are able to use storytelling to put flesh and blood on statistics and a human face on numbers -- writers who use their gifts and their passion to touch hearts, change minds, and have an impact on our world.
Arianna Huffington: Introducing HuffPost UK... And Why We're Excited to Be Joining Your Thriving, Innovative Media Culture Arianna Huffington 2011
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Lord Carnarvon, Disraeli's colonial secretary, nicknamed Twitters, had at first found it difficult to understand what imperialism meant.
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Smith, despite his lack of naval experience, had proved a surprisingly efficient First Lord in Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli's government, but the comedic possibilities of a landlubber navy chief were too potent for Gilbert to resist.
Gilbert & Sullivan, Parody's Patresfamilias Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2011
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In the 19th century, Disraeli's weapon against the social wrongs in his county, his vehicle for the stories that would arouse his countrymen's common humanity, was a novel.
Arianna Huffington: Introducing HuffPost UK... And Why We're Excited to Be Joining Your Thriving, Innovative Media Culture Arianna Huffington 2011
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And though the methods for telling our stories may have changed since Disraeli's time, the dangers of disintegrating into two nations are once again all too real.
Arianna Huffington: Introducing HuffPost UK... And Why We're Excited to Be Joining Your Thriving, Innovative Media Culture Arianna Huffington 2011
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Disraeli's censure motion would narrowly fail and in the end not matter much.
From Disraeli to 'the Bang-Bang' Peggy Noonan 2011
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And leading into his second term, Nixon was reading Robert Blake's biography of British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli and was struck by Disraeli's description of William Gladstone's cabinet as "exhausted volcanoes."
For Obama and past presidents, the books they read shape policies and perceptions 2010
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Two books to the left in your photo is a volume called "Disraeli's Reminiscences," which I also own.
We are not amused 2010
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