Word: circe
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Lord Camrose's Daily Telegraph (circ. 1,075,460), an old Conservative faithful, revealed its instinctive reaction-and its ignorance of what was brewing...
...diehard Blimps, as usual, died hard. Lord Beaverbrook's Daily Express (circ. 4,042,334), whose zealous devotion to imperialism has outlived the empire, usually flaunts its dislike of Sir Anthony Eden. But last week it hailed his action: "Let there be no doubt that it is a prudent step, a necessary step and one that deserves unqualified support from the nation." The chest-beating tabloid Daily Sketch (circ. 1,123,855) shrilled: "Stop the sniveling and close the ranks." But misgivings ran like chills through responsible Tory papers that staunchly upheld the government when the Suez crisis broke...
...Times (circ. 220,705), the Tories' most influential editorial voice and an un questioning supporter of force in August, now tempered its support with "deep disquiet." It deplored Britain's decision not to consult the U.S. and the Common wealth, feared that there would be a "strong reaction" from the Arab world. Demanded the Times: "Was the need for speed really so great that President Eisenhower had to hear about the Anglo-French ultimatum from press reports?" There were also uneasy questions from Lord Rothermere's staunchly Tory Daily Mail (circ. 2,071,708), another August advocate...
...Liberal News Chronicle (circ. 1,441,438) called his decision "folly on the grand scale," said: "There can be no further confidence in a man who has brought his country to such a dangerous state of ignominy and confusion." Boomed the Labor-leaning Daily Mirror (circ. 4,649,696): "There is NO treaty, NO international authority, NO moral sanction for this desperate action. This is Eden...
...power. In his twelve-year regime, a short one as Guardian editors go, Wadsworth trebled circulation (to 167,000) and challenged the London Times in the influence of its editorial voice. He swept the clutter of classified ads off the front page, launched an international weekly airmail edition (circ. 37,744), watched advertising and circulation spread to make the Guardian Britain's only national daily published outside London...