Word: britain
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...perhaps by May 15, had agreed to the U.S.S.R.'s single string to the offer: a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, probably in Paris at month's end. There remained final agreement, and discussion of the agenda, in which the U.S. wanted both France and Britain to share...
Representatives of ten western European nations signed the charter for a Council of Europe yesterday in London. Agreeing to the charter, which provides for a joint cabinet and parliament, were Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, and Ireland. London sources reported that Winston Churchill may become the British delegate...
...children's finest hour. All over London small boys in grey flannel shorts and school caps could be seen walking solemnly about, cheeks bulging, a look of supreme contentment on their faces. All over Britain, pink faces were blissfully smeared and little fingers were wonderfully sticky. After seven lean years for British moppets, candy rationing ended last week...
...Mars bars, gravely tucked them into a folded Sunday Times and marched away. One Londoner stormed: "It's good to have something off the ration, but I'm sure a lot of people would rather have a pound of butter." But on the great day few of Britain's kids would have agreed with...
Last winter, in Britain for further study in neurology, Freeman got his first crack at Ooi Teik Hock in the Thomas Cup matches (badminton's equivalent of the Davis Cup). He beat the champ in what many a badminton fan thought to be a fluke win. Last week, after proving it was no fluke, Dave Freeman made an announcement: he was through with big-league tournament badminton. Henceforth he would play only...