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5 days ago · Duncan Sandys: Succeeded by: Reginald Maudling: Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal; In office 8 March 1976 – 18 May 1978 Life peerage: Member of Parliament for Wirral; In office 5 July 1945 – 11 March 1976: Preceded by: Alan Crosland Graham: Succeeded by: David Hunt: Personal details; Born
On 17 July 1953 Duncan Sandys, the Minister of Supply, announced that the Brabazon had been cancelled due to a lack of military or civil orders. In the end, only the single prototype was flown, and it was broken up in 1953 for scrap, along with the incomplete, turboprop-powered Brabazon I Mk.II.”
2 days ago · His Minister of Defence, Duncan Sandys, considered that nuclear weapons reduced Britain's dependence on the United States. The 1956 Suez Crisis demonstrated that Britain was no longer a great power, but increased the value to Britain of an independent nuclear deterrent that would give it greater influence with the US and USSR.
2 days ago · When the show—which starred Sandy Duncan along with Marian Mercer and Happy Days star, Tom Bosley—returned, not only were there new faces, but a new title as well: The Sandy Duncan Show. It ...
2 days ago · The next night, buses came from the four corners of the island, crowding the church. Seven men were being driven to the meeting in a butcher’s truck, when suddenly the Spirit of God fell upon them in great conviction and all were converted before they reached the church. As Duncan preached, a wave of conviction swept over the congregation.
4 days ago · Duncan attributed his decision to re-sign with the San Antonio Spurs in the 2000 NBA offseason to Robinson, and a few years later, the iconic 'Twin Towers' duo secured their second ring. Tim Duncan's special bond with David Robinson kept him in San Antonio for his legendary career.
6 days ago · Sandes or Sandys of St. Bees. — This family was originally of Burgh on Sands, being called in ancient evidences De Sabulonibus. One of the family was knight of the shire, temp. Ric. II. They had been settled at Rotington in St. Bees, for five descents, at the time of the visitation in 1615.
