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Washington's second error was to appear to accept Makarios' successor, Terrorist Nikos Sampson. With his long record of violence against Turkish Cypriots, Sampson was clearly unacceptable to them and to Ankara. "In the context of Sampson," says Britain's former Foreign Secretary Sir Alec Douglas-Home, "the Turkish invasion was inevitable from the beginning." The third error was for Washington, in the days following the coup, to state publicly that the Turks on Cyprus deserved greater autonomy, a statement that, although true, looked to Turkey like an invitation to invasion. State Department officials now privately admit...
Brown's accomplishments rival the exploits of Alec Guinness in the movie The Captain's Paradise.* The professor managed to hold his three teaching jobs -on campuses hundreds of miles apart -without the knowledge of any of the college administrators. Last fall, in order to conduct morning classes in Pennsylvania, afternoon classes in The Bronx, and evening (and some morning) classes in upstate New York, the energetic Brown had to commute more than 400 miles several times each week, presumably using autos, buses and the airlines...
Within a short time, the princess was carrying on in stiff-upper-lip fashion, issuing a statement in which she expressed concern for those hurt in the incident: McConnell, 46; the driver, Alec Callender, 55; the bodyguard, James Beaton, 30; and the policeman, Michael Hills, 22. All were later reported in satisfactory condition...
Situation Hopeless--But Not Serious. Alec Guinness in a stylish British comedy. Ch. 7, 11:30 p.m. 2 hours...
...avuncular pragmatist who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary in earlier Wilson administrations. A firm Atlanticist and NATO supporter, Callaghan is skeptical about the Common Market but not hostile to it. In Middle East affairs, he will be less ardently Arabist than were Heath and Sir Alec Douglas-Home...