Word: britishism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Britain, the mention of Japanese imports sets business tempers flaring. Last year some manufacturers refused to let a 19-man Japanese delegation view their new lines at the Brighton Toy Fair because "they come here to copy our designs and then undersell us with cheap reproductions." British textile manufacturers complain of deceptive Japanese labeling. But, says one trade official: "Let's face it. Their goods have improved tremendously in quality, and they no longer have to copy our designs." Basic British complaint: Japanese wages are only 35% of the average British wage...
...questioner wanted to know if it was not true that the Chinese Reds were introducing necessary land reforms in feudal Tibet. Yes. said Narayan, and, in the days of empire, the British had introduced valuable reforms in India-railways, telegraphs, administration-"so we should have welcomed them in our country, but we didn't. That is really an amazing question for an Indian...
...splashed the story all over Page One and plugged "other stories and pictures on pages 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, n, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 22, 24, 25." The once Anglophobic Tribune (whose late proprietor, Colonel Robert McCormick, suspected that Rhodes scholars were British agents in disguise) flew the Union Jack from its tower. As the royal couple acknowledged greetings from a welcoming party of seven Midwestern Governors and 40 mayors, pressing throngs surged forward, fairly overran the 2,000 city police who were assigned to guard the Queen. "That's a lovely...
...black wig glossed by the footlights, the cleft-chinned, still slender actor moved across the stage with lithe vitality. In turn he flashed from eye-rolling jokester to grimacing pighead, from egotistic Roman hero to slack-jawed outcast. The actor: Sir Laurence Olivier, 52, first knight of the British theater and probably the greatest living English-language actor. The play: Coriolanus, William Shakespeare's least popular major work. The stage: Shakespeare Memorial Theater at Stratford on Avon, where critics are only too eager to fault the stars. But on opening night last week they agreed with the capacity crowd...
...ranting Olivier bulled his way to fame. This time his performance is subtler. His Coriolanus is prickly in triumph, venomous in defeat, an uncompromising totalitarian. But Olivier also builds a credible, Nietzschean human being, a sarcastic soldier-aristocrat and sour-eyed supersnob of the type well known to the British. Wrote the London Times: "The acting of Sir Laurence Olivier has grown marvelously in power and beauty. He plays it just as well as it can be played...