Word: briton
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...confess I am worried, but I am not afraid." Thus Prime Minister Harold Macmillan last week confided to a Tory caucus his feelings about Britain's deepening economic crisis. To the average Briton in pub and park, basking in the summer sun, there were few signs of anything even to worry about, let alone fear. Wage earners were enjoying record employment; their shopping mums were still savoring the longest stretch of prosperity since the war. Labor leader after labor leader has gone on record for another round of wage increases this summer. On the surface, everything seemed tickety...
...keep shop. Founders Judkyn and Pratt picked Ian McCallum, then executive editor of Britain's Architectural Review, and debonair Briton who is fascinated by American architecture both good and bad. Says Curator McCallum: "There is a quite amazing ignorance which exists in Britain of America's cultural past-and present, for that matter." He thinks that the museum, by putting "history into the fourth dimension in a way that films and even books can't do," may shed some light...
Strange Customs. In Manhattan foreign travelers are surprised to find that they can buy cheap, nourishing meals at coffee shops and cafeterias. But this is not for every taste. "You can get a bit tired of hamburgers and milk shakes,'' said one vacationing Briton. French wine connoisseurs are dismayed to find that so many good French vintages wind up in the U.S. But an even more disturbing discovery is often in store. One Frenchman ordered a vintage red Burgundy with his dinner in a Denver restaurant, to his horror saw the waiter serve it chilled. Other native customs...
Chilly Chancelleries. Partly, the change is the result of great expectations. Hugh Gaitskell, the first important Briton to meet with Kennedy after his election, virtually granted him honorary membership in Britain's Labor Party and returned to London predicting marvelous new things from the new broom in Washington. Visiting the White House in his turn, Prime Minister Harold Macmillan swiftly lost whatever misgivings he had had at parting from Old Friend Dwight Eisenhower and was reportedly convinced that Kennedy "possessed skills in abundance.'' France's lordly Charles de Gaulle hailed Kennedy as his "dear partner...
...hunting prowess, and the Nepalese still fondly recall the bloody 1911 visit of Britain's King George V, who carted away the carcasses of 39 tigers, 18 rhinos and four bears-plus one unfortunate leopard, run over by the royal mail van. Last week another royal Briton, Queen Elizabeth II, flew into Katmandu from India, and for George's granddaughter, impoverished Nepal (per capita income estimated at $70 cash a year) planned the most elaborate one-day shikar in its history...