Word: bevinism
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...leading Labor Member of Parliament said that Bevin, facing critics in a Laborite caucus, blamed pressure of American Jews on the United States government for his failure to reach an agreed settlement in Palestine...
...pace of work had begun to tell on other Ministers. John Strachey (Food) had been down with flu. Sir Stafford Cripps (Trade) had been out with a chill. Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin was nursing his high blood pressure. At a cocktail party a friend told him that he looked well. Said Bevin: "I feel worse than I look." Clem Attlee, an early riser, toiled to the Churchillian hour of 2:30 a.m. to handle the extra work...
...decision was announced today at the final meeting with Arabs in the unsuccessful London Conference on Palestine by Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin who admitted failure in Britain's long efforts to put forward an acceptable compromise between Jews and Arabs...
...poorly insulated "afterthought" plumbing, laid along outside walls). London's News Chronicle carried a cartoon depicting two Englishmen viewing an icicle-hung pipe above the caption: "If burst pipes were good enough for my dear father, they're good enough for me." Arab delegates conferring with Ernie Bevin on Palestine (see below) found it too cold even before the huge fireplaces of St. James's Palace and hastily moved to Ernie's less drafty official residence in Carlton Gardens...
...Bevin had another alarming heart attack last week, once more bounced back from it with remarkable resilience...