Word: britons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Juliet Colman may be forgiven for adoring her father in Ronald Colman (Morrow; $7.95). Still, the early intelligence that the actor was "a man's man but women's idol" gives warning that the book is a family correspondence that has embarrassingly escaped into general circulation. The Briton's jaunty charm and his finely constricted delivery are far better commemorated in Lost Horizon, A Double Life, and other ancients that so persistently prove the durability of celluloid over pulp...
...state its case to the tribunal, but the Johnson administration chose not to respond to the invitation. Pressed by reporters to explain the administration's disregard for Russell's efforts, secretary of state Dean Rusk replied that he had no intention of "playing games with a 94-year-old Briton." By the end of the tribunal's first two sessions, the United States had been indicted in absentia for crimes against peace, crimes of war, and crimes against humanity...
...Eric Blair" suits him. The crisp syllables suggest a Briton of spare style and countenance. But he despised his real name; it smacked, somehow, of Aryanism and privilege. So he cloaked his origins in a common-sounding nom de plume. His disguise became him, and at last he became his disguise. Today the world remembers him only as George Orwell, seer of the future imperfect. Neither name nor reputation is quite correct...
...with shots. After the shooting, one of the group complained to a Turkish major in charge about the desecration of the British flag. In response the major summoned the lieutenant in charge of the offending patrol, ripped off his officer's insignia and chivalrously presented them to the Briton...
Wind and Tigers. There is no censorship as such, but once in a great while a reporter's dispatch mysteriously disappears. The correspondents must live in the segregated foreign quarter and need special permission to travel more than 15 miles from the center of Peking. When one Briton tried to venture out of the city, the militiaman who stopped him warned: "There are strong winds, and tigers may eat you if you go too far." Foreigners are not allowed provincial newspapers, and interviews with knowledgeable Chinese are difficult in the best of times. So the newsmen rely...