The rules say the oldest MEP - or "doyen" - chairs the session until a new parliament president is elected. From Wordnik.com. [BBC (UK) Homepage main promotional content] Reference
I also enjoyed your piece at 'Dark Trees about the "doyen". From Wordnik.com. [How to Photoshop Pop Art Inspired by Lichtenstein] Reference
He said Mr Spence was seen as a "doyen" and that his words would carry "weight and impact". From Wordnik.com. [BBC News - Home] Reference
In the one, dated 1423, he is styled 'doyen' (senior inhabitant) of the village, which gave him rank next to the Mayor. From Wordnik.com. [Joan of Arc]
You think you hold the title of "doyen" that "scoops are not given exclusively to you. From Wordnik.com. [Grocery workers ready to 'produce' for Obama] Reference
She was the doyen of the firm's massive file room. From Wordnik.com. [Mistress of Justice]
ATS, a doyen of the international wheel business, is a. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The invitation to President Bongo, who si the doyen of the. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Even the ivory-jacketed doyen Richie Benaud would have laughed. From Wordnik.com. [Trial by technology sows seeds of doubt and distrust] Reference
Pallo Jordan, on Sunday, described her as a "doyen and stalwart". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Motsuenyane, the doyen of black business in SA, will be deputy chairman. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
(Sunday, 7 November 2004) of Gibson Kente, a doyen of the performing arts in. From Wordnik.com. [STATEMENT ON THE DEATH OF GIBSON KENTE] Reference
Djivan Gasparyan is the doyen of the duduk, an oboe-like Armenian instrument. From Wordnik.com. [Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume Sixty-Five] Reference
The doyen of community organizing, his views profoundly influenced Mr. Obama. From Wordnik.com. [Obama at the Auto Buffet] Reference
Sylvia Glasser, the doyen of South African dance, spoke to me at her Johannesburg studio. From Wordnik.com. [In South Africa, They're Diski Dancing] Reference
Oddly enough, "doyen" (as in, 'The doyen' of the Washington press corps. ") is pure Biblical. From Wordnik.com. [Israel At Level Ground] Reference
To meet with the doyen of the Japanese business community or the media is a rare opportunity. From Wordnik.com. [SPEECH BY PRESIDENT MANDELA AT A BREAKFAST HOSTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF NIHON KEIZAI SHINBUN] Reference
The doyen of Muslim anti Semitism (are rather overblown term) Bernard Lewis has admitted as much. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
That she had attracted the attention of the French doyen of modern musical austerity was significant. From Wordnik.com. [A Composer Not Afraid to Feel] Reference
"Uh-Oh" completes his transition from doyen of oversophisticated urban alienation to quaint eccentric. From Wordnik.com. [Set Adrift On Memory Bliss] Reference
The Donald on the doyen of domesticity, the latest chapter in their nasty feud, there is more to tell. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 10, 2006] Reference
The Huntingdon was the doyen of London clubs; its titled members could have filled a very large volume. From Wordnik.com. [Colorado Jim] Reference
Now the grizzled doyen of activists sits home by the phone awaiting the call that his organ has been found. From Wordnik.com. [The Angry Prophet Is Dying] Reference
Whicher, at forty-five, was the doyen of the Metropolitan force – 'the prince of detectives', said a colleague. From Wordnik.com. ['The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective'] Reference
We have an excellent role-model in the doyen of the international film world and a true patriotic Bahamian, Sidney. From Wordnik.com. [Reply to The Toast by the Governer-General of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas] Reference
Interactive InvestingDon Valentine, a partner in Sequoia Capital, is a doyen of Silicon Valley's venture capitalists. From Wordnik.com. [The Info-Warriors] Reference
Thus, the ANC takes this opportunity to wish Madiba, a doyen of our struggle a happy birthday and many more happy returns. From Wordnik.com. [ANC BIRTHDAY MESSAGE TO FORMER PRESIDENT, NELSON ROLIHLAHLA MANDELA] Reference
We send a clarion call to the youth of our country to lay the doyen of revolution with the dignity and honour he deserves. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
De Klerk, 57, doyen of the white Afrikaner establishment, was known as a conservative until he became president in September. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Cooked up by Len McCluskey, who cut his teeth with that doyen militancy, Derek Hatton, this strike has tragedy written all over it. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference
Mr. Gericke says he has been feeding boars here every night for 12 years, making him the doyen of Berlin's boar-loving underground. From Wordnik.com. [In Berlin's Boar War, Some Side With the Hogs] Reference
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