Word: britain
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Geoffrey Shovelton, a relative newcomer to the Company, and John Ayldon, who joined more than a decade ago, could hardly be better as the two earls engaged to the same girl. Shovelton has a lovely unforced tenor voice, and Ayldon's baritone beautifully belts out "When Britain Really Ruled," a parody of patriotic songs like "Rule Britannia." In their spoken Act II discussion they capture to perfection Gilbert's portrait of Victorian dim-witted stuffiness. They are fine, too, in the sure-fire trio "He Who Shies," as they try to catch the lithe-limbed Lord Chancellor indulging in undignified...
...from McDonnell Douglas, which is seeking Rolls-Royce engines for its medium-range ATMR; the other is from Boeing, which wants both British engines and wings for its 757. Supporters of the Boeing project claim it would mean 17,000 new jobs for British industry. Even Britain's most strongly pro-European newspaper, the Guardian, argued that "Callaghan should choose the project which promises to sell the most airplanes. This is not a dilemma in which Euro-loyalty ought to play too large a part. There can be scarcely any doubt about the sales prospects. Boeing or Douglas have...
Some British Cabinet members last week were hoping that a two-way deal could be pulled off so that British firms could be involved in both the Airbus and one of the U.S. projects. If Britain were to opt for the U.S. deal, in angry Continental eyes that would compound the suspicion that deep down Britain is more interested in maintaining its mid-Atlantic "special relationship" with America than in being a true Common Market partner. Squabbling continued through the week not only about money and planes but also over a common fisheries policy for the E.C.; the British...
...basic problem seemed to be just that: they cannot. After nearly a decade, British public opinion still has failed to swing behind the Common Market; moreover, both Tories and Laborites are still internally divided on the question. With a general election looming in October, even pro-European politicians in Britain were not anxious to promote an unpopular cause. All they had to do was look at the polls. The most recent one showed that a majority of Britons?48% to 43%?favor quitting the Common Market altogether...
...Treasury officials, while not opposing the European initiative in principle, have important reservations. One concern, which the U.S, shares with Britain and Italy, is that an economic group dominated by the West Germans would end up with conservative fiscal and monetary policies that would severely limit economic growth. Another fear is that the ECU, once established, would invite speculators and governments from Togo to Turkey to dump dollars for the ECU currencies, thus bringing more downward pressure on the dollar. Economist Robert Triffin, a U.S. monetary expert who has long championed a European currency, believes that it would help rather...