Word: britishism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Once President Eisenhower managed to eliminate the deadline from the Berlin ultimatum, the urge to discuss Germany had evaporated amongst everyone but the British. As French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville put the German problem bluntly last week: "The best thing for the West is to maintain the status quo. It is to Russia's interest that there be changes. We are not in a hurry to get to that point...
...study U.S. data on the difficulties of long-range detection of underground nuclear tests was a clear attempt "to throw the talks into a hopeless impasse." Then, with that off his chest, Tsarapkin blandly announced that Russia was now ready to "propose" that a joint working party of Soviet, British and U.S. scientists be directed to study the U.S. underground data...
...Snow, British scientist and author, recently called attention to what he termed the problem of two cultures in our society--the gap in understanding between the traditional humanities and social sciences on the one hand and modern science and technology on the other. Both exist side by side, yet remain intellectually divorced in our modern society. This dichotomy serves well in considering the difficulties surrounding the discipline of economics, for its midway position in such a scheme is indicative of its problems...
...Julian Huxley, noted British biologist and writer, will deliver a public lecture at 4:30 p.m. today in ceremonies marking the 100th anniversary of the Museum of Comparative Zoology...
...ROUNDUP OF THE BRITISH WEEKLIES...