The upper chamber of the British Parliament was composed of noblemen who inherited their seats for most of its history.
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Jared Gans,
The Hill,
12 Mar. 2026
For most of its 700-year history, its membership was composed of noblemen — almost never women — who inherited their seats, alongside a smattering of bishops.
The grandees of the Democratic Party may want to move on.
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Keith Naughton,
The Washington Examiner,
14 Mar. 2026
Suffice it to say, with credentials such as this, a charivari of fashion-week regulars, media, film and musical grandees and not a few New York and London tatterdemalions showed for the September 12 bacchanal on Church Street.
Eric Schmidt, a former Google CEO, has invested in Ukrainian drone manufacturers and believes that the Ukrainians could one day overtake their Western peers in the arms market.
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Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
Miles away in the nation's capital, Germantown Friends alumnus and current Howard University student Isaac Okewole is also resonating with the same song, along with his peers in the university's first a cappella group.
In the year of Luther’s birth, for example, England enacted a second Act of Apparel, restricting sable, ermine, velvet, and satin brocade to knights and lords, while damask and satin were allowed for people who had a yearly income of at least £40.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
Courtenay is one of 92 lords, out of more than 800 in Parliament, who inherited their seats.
The young women and their cavaliers headed to L’Arc, a nightclub in Paris situated near the Shangri-La; there, the group continued their celebrations some hours later.
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