Word: britishism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...English rowing enthusiasts felt that this year's Henley would be a real test for English rowing, which traditionally is based on a different style and on shorter and more formal training periods than is American collegiate rowing. Rather than row steadily and then pull to a fast finish, British crews tend to start with a "rush" and try to exhaust their opponents with a fast opening pace...
...managed to get by one German patrol before taking refuge in "a hole at El Hama." There, he says, "I made a poor choice of Arab friends, and one of them turned me over to the Italians. They tried me as a spy before the high command while the British were shelling the hell out of the town. Everyone was preparing to pull out, but they had time to cogitate over whether or not to execute...
Macmillan is reported to have been pressing hard to rush Eisenhower and De Gaulle into a conference with Khrushchev at the earliest possible date. His pressure has surprised American officials who had thought he would attach less urgency to a summit meeting once the British elections were over...
...rejecting the so called 'gentleman's agreement' of 1946--which apportions the seven rotating seats on the Council to the various areas--Latin America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and the British Commonwealth--we have left ourselves open to the charge that we respect agreements only when they favor us. The U.S. statement claiming that the 1946 settlement applied only to that year is a mere technicality, for in effect it has been observed ever since in the choosing of new members to the Council...
...Washington feels that when such an issue arises it will be unable to carry along with it more than one of the two Latin American or two neutralist countries on the Council. Insisting on this stacked jury makes the whole Council a farce. Even many Scandinavian, Latin American and British Commonwealth nations, usually satellites of the U.S. when voting at the U.N., have rejected our stand this time...