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- proper noun A
surname , a variant of Gaskell.
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Examples
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Ambassador Aldrich reported to Secretary Dulles that Hugh Gaitskell and other Labour leaders had implored him to urge the United States to maintain its strong opposition to the “Eden-Mollet folly” in the Middle East.
Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011
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Would the 1960s have been different if Hugh Gaitskell had not died prematurely?
In praise of… prime ministers who never were | Editorial 2011
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Ambassador Aldrich reported to Secretary Dulles that Hugh Gaitskell and other Labour leaders had implored him to urge the United States to maintain its strong opposition to the “Eden-Mollet folly” in the Middle East.
Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011
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The threat of nuclear extinction seemed higher in 1961 and 1962 than at any other time in the cold war, hence the knife in Osborne's heart was intended particularly for prime minister Harold Macmillan and, even more particularly, for CND's bitter enemy, the Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell.
Cursing one's homeland before fleeing overseas, Martin Amis, is a cliche 2011
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Former Guardian political editor Ian Aitken confirms Macmillan patronised Hugh Gaitskell, but found it harder to do to Harold Wilson.
Why we should cherish prime minister's questions | Michael White 2011
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Former Guardian political editor Ian Aitken confirms Macmillan patronised Hugh Gaitskell, but found it harder to do to Harold Wilson.
Why we should cherish prime minister's questions | Michael White 2011
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Attlee sided with his Chancellor, Hugh Gaitskell, from his sickbed (“I am afraid they will have to go,” he mumbled to Gaitskell, who at first heard the remark as “very well, you will have to go”).
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Attlee sided with his Chancellor, Hugh Gaitskell, from his sickbed (“I am afraid they will have to go,” he mumbled to Gaitskell, who at first heard the remark as “very well, you will have to go”).
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Attlee sided with his Chancellor, Hugh Gaitskell, from his sickbed (“I am afraid they will have to go,” he mumbled to Gaitskell, who at first heard the remark as “very well, you will have to go”).
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Attlee sided with his Chancellor, Hugh Gaitskell, from his sickbed (“I am afraid they will have to go,” he mumbled to Gaitskell, who at first heard the remark as “very well, you will have to go”).
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