Word: alistair
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Masterpiece Theatre has had precious few masterpieces in the past few years, but this intricate, lacerating political thriller atoned for a lot of boring nights with Alistair Cooke. Ian Richardson played a conniving Tory leader who took us into his confidence as he schemed and blackmailed his way to the top. If only real political skulduggery were this much...
Masterpiece Theatre has had precious few masterpieces in the past few years, but this intricate, lacerating political thriller atoned for a lot of boring nights with Alistair Cooke. Ian Richardson played a conniving Tory leader who took us into his confidence as he schemed and blackmailed his way to the top. If only real political skulduggery were this much...
...repatriation -- has yet to be resolved. Hong Kong officials implied last week that coercion would be used if necessary, but the U.S. reiterated its longstanding objections. "We will do everything we can to encourage and enable people to return home with dignity," said Hong Kong Secretary for Security Alistair Asprey. "Whether they do so depends on their own behavior, which we cannot control." Some 11,000 Vietnamese have already been induced to return home voluntarily by the offer of cash payments totaling $410 a person...