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Balfour

[ bal-foor, -fer ]

noun

  1. Arthur James 1st Earl of Balfour, 1848–1930, British statesman and writer: prime minister 1902–05.


Balfour

/ ˈbælfɔː; -fʊə; -fə /

noun

  1. BalfourArthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour18481930MBritishPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister Arthur James , 1st Earl of Balfour. 1848–1930, British Conservative statesman: prime minister (1902–05); foreign secretary (1916–19)


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But if he does, the almost 100-year old Balfour Declaration offers some helpful language.

(Choosing to not use the word “the” is something of a tradition in the region—cough*Balfour*cough).

Some of the British officials who supported the Balfour Declaration were influenced by their fantasies about global Jewish power.

He's widely believed to have been the ghostwriter of the Balfour Declaration.

Following the script, here on Open Zion Hussein Ibish called the Levy Report “The Anti-Balfour Declaration.”

Mr. Balfour, being an abstemious man, would not submit to the latter alternative, but consented to tell a story.

Mr. Balfour was then Chief Secretary of Ireland, and it was due to him that it was passed.

Balfour Browne and Littler now conducted the warfare on either side, and keenly they fought.

“Adventures of David Balfour,” proposed double volume of, xxv.

I would name no unnecessary names, Mr. Balfour,” said he; “above all of Highlanders, many of whom are obnoxious to the law.

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