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Last May, at a Church of England convocation, the assembled bishops deliberated for half a day, eventually decided to approve ten new categories of in-law marriages. With Church of England blessing, a Briton may now marry his deceased wife's sister, his brother's widow, his father's brother's widow, his brother's son's widow, his wife's brother's daughter, his wife's father's sister...
...Wilkes was the center of the fiercest cause célèbre of 18th Century England-one that conceivably might have toppled George III from his throne. It began in 1763, at the conclusion of the Seven Years' War. Wilkes, in the 45th number of the North Briton, anonymously denounced George Ill's speech lauding the Peace of Paris - a peace Wilkes likened to the Peace of God, "because it passeth all understanding." For this attack the Government had Wilkes arrested and his house rifled on a general warrant, which violated his civil rights. Then Wilkes, against...
Within a few days President Truman, a shrewd and practical politician, would be off to meet a shrewd Briton and a practical Russian. It would be his first trip to Europe since he sailed for France as an artillery officer in World...
...fans went to England's famed, bomb-struck stadium to see a match between U.S. and British Empire service teams. It was only a feeble nicker of the gaudy past, but there was a sprinkling of former Davis Cup players to bring back memories. Sergeant Charles Hare, a Briton who is now in the U.S. Army, teamed with Sergeant George Lott for one American victory. The best tennis of the day was played by Staff Sergeant Bob Harmon, who won his singles match with the veteran English pro, R.A.F. Squadron Leader Dan Maskell. The team score: U.S. 4, Empire...
World War I brought forth a spate of topical books. The best-seller of 1917 was H. G. Wells's novel Mr. Britling Sees It Through, which described the effect of two years of war on a literary Briton who lost his son. Robert W. Service's Rhymes of a Red Cross Man became one of the rare volumes of poetry to make the list. Mary Green's cookbook, Better Meals for Less Money, designed for shortage-harried housewives, brought Author Green considerably more money. But by the end of 1918 the U.S. public had tired...