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...afraid he would go to the wrong theater. What was the name of that beautiful man who shot him?" "John Wilkes Booth." "Yes, I liked him very much!" Does Nancy like any other Americans? "Your freedom fighters ... the people who have left, and prefer to live abroad." And does Briton Mitford like Britons? "Not to live amongst," snapped Nancy. "I much prefer the French...
This was the most unequivocal pledge of British willingness to cooperate in "building Europe" ever made by a Briton in office. Eagerly, the 17 members of the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (every Western European nation save Spain and Finland) agreed to hammer out concrete plans for the Free Trade Area by next July. As "coordinator," they selected an Englishman-Peter Thorneycroft...
Great Britain has a high standard of living, full employment, political freedom, womb-to-tomb medical care, and as much peace as most nations in the world. Why should a Briton want to leave home? Yet when the Gallup poll (published last week) asked, "If you were free to do so, would you like to go and settle in another country?", 41% of the Britons polled answered yes, and another 12% said they were not sure...
...unless the driver finishes a race. To Moss, on the other hand, the trick is to floorboard the throttle and hope the car holds together. The exhilaration of acceleration more than makes up for worry about mechanical failure. For the last few years, that exhilaration has kept the nervy Briton nudging at Fangio's rear bumper in Grand Prix competition...
Died. Charles Henry Campbell, 52, witty, walrus-mustached, New Orleans-raised Briton, longtime (1923-42) staffer of the New Orleans Item and Morning Tribune, Britain's head pressagent in Washington since 1942; of a stomach hemorrhage; in Knoxville, Tenn...