Sentences with phrase «man war cabinet»

Arthur Henderson1916 - 1917Henderson was Minister without Portfolio in David Lloyd George's five - man War Cabinet and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1934 for his work as president of the League of Nations» Disarmament Conference in 1932.

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The only man who had the decency to resign from cabinet over the war when it actually made a difference (even Clare Short was slow off the mark).

Instead of trying to squeeze in every facet of the man's storied life, Lincoln chooses to focus on the period as the Civil War drew to a bloody, heart - rending close and the president, who had chosen to form a cabinet made up largely of people who opposed him, was sticking to his campaign to abolish slavery.

Having been to the Churchill Museum and the Cabinet War Rooms in London, I was intrigued by the presence of the man and his world, but even the excellent performance by Brian Cox as the iconic leader can overcome the script troubles and lousy supporting performances on display here.

Collecting a team of rivals, he enlists Chamberlain (Ronald Pickup) and his right - hand man, Viscount Halifax (Stephen Dillane), for his war cabinet, along with his own stalwart ally, Anthony Eden (Samuel West).

Kushner resorts to one of the oldest expository devices in movies — the «man with a pointer scene,» which refers to those old war movies in which an officer stands before a map, outlining the plan of attack — but the monologue in which Lincoln presents his dilemma to the cabinet is wonderfully lucid and compact.

It is anticipated that the film will focus on the political collision of Lincoln and the powerful men of his cabinet on the road to abolition and the end of the Civil War.