Word: britons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Prince Philip, 27, hailed by the London Master Tailors' Benevolent Association as the "perfect example of how a Briton should be dressed on all occasions," graciously accepted the honor: "I am one of the generation that started the war in nappies [diapers], spent the next eight years in uniform, and, when peace broke out, found myself without any clothes...
...action as the way to peace, the election results might put new life in the Jewish-Egyptian peace talks going on under U.N. auspices at Rhodes. Both sides were making minor concessions but holding fast to major positions. The atmosphere was that of "a comfortable chess game," but a Briton from the Foreign Office said that if his government should join the U.S. in putting on pressure for peace, a formula would pop up at Rhodes in short order...
...Western Foreign Ministers, who will meet in London this week. Herriot's callers were escorted to the door by five ushers in evening dress. As the delegates got into their cars, Paul Reynaud told a British journalist that on this issue Britain appeared en mauvaise posture. "Yes," the Briton translated freely, "we are on a bad wicket...
Reynaud, whose English does not encompass the playing fields of Eton, gave the Briton a blank stare and rode...
...Reimann's henchmen were fined $150 and $90 for holding a political meeting without a permit. When the day's hearings were over, Reimann was carried off in triumph by Reds who sang the Internationale and shouted: "Down with the Ruhr statute-down, down, down!" A rueful Briton admitted: "It looks as if the trial is backfiring...