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Under the bill, only Commonwealth "patrials"-those with a British-born father or grandfather-will henceforth have an automatic "right of abode" in the mother country. Other Commonwealth citizens will be subject to the same restrictions as aliens. They will still be British subjects entitled to vote in British elections and even to stand for Parliament the moment they manage to set foot on British soil. But the Commonwealth nonpatrial may enter Britain only if he has a specific job and only for a specific period-normally one year. He must register with the police, show proof of registration when...
...beauty of Words for a Deaf Daughter is the truth of its form. A British-born critic, teacher and novelist, Paul West writes directly and uncondescendingly to his almost totally deaf, eight-year-old daughter Mandy in the hope that she will one day be able to receive and understand his lavish trust of words. His hope is supported by the progress she has made in reading, writing and expanding her spoken vocabulary to nearly 200 words...
Eccentric Roots. Despite her disavowal, British-born Jessica Mitford, 52, has become a queen among U.S. muckrakers. The ingredients of her art include dry wit, sharp observation and a talent for pricking pretense in manners, morals and mercenary matters. She has been in the U.S. since 1939 and now lives in Oakland, Calif., with her second husband, Lawyer Robert Treuhaft. But she remains a quintessential Mitford, the offspring of an eccentric English baron whose six daughters were celebrated for their madcap escapades in a quarter-century of headlines...
Since the mutineers controlled the armory, the government sent out an emergency call for small arms to both the U.S. and Venezuela. The 2,800-man police force, the coast guard and about half of the army remained loyal.* Under its British-born commander, David Bloom, the coast guard blasted bridges and set off a landslide along the twelve-mile road between Teteron Bay and Port of Spain, thereby sealing off the mutineers from the capital. Loyal troops soon surrounded the Teteron Bay headquarters, but the rebels held some 30 soldiers and civilians as hostages...
...issues in the public discussion about homosexuality is whether or not the condition is a mental illness. To try to find out, TIME asked eight experts on homosexuality ?including two admitted homosexuals ?to discuss the subject at a symposium in New York City. The participants: Robin Fox, British-born anthropologist at Rutgers University; John Gagnon, sociologist at the State University of New York; Lionel Tiger, a Canadian sociologist also at Rutgers; Wardell Pomeroy, a psychologist who co-authored the Kinsey reports on men and on women and who is now a psychotherapist; Dr. Charles Socarides, a psychoanalyst...