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...general election, for a time forgot her other worries: the country was intent on the fate of the King, the symbol of stability in a world in which nothing was stable. To Queen Elizabeth came a note jointly signed by the leaders of the three political parties, Winston Churchill, Clement Attlee and Clement Davies. "Madam," it said, "at this time of anxiety we wish with our humble duty to assure Your Majesty that our thoughts are with you and the Princesses. It is our earnest prayer that His Majesty the King may soon be fully restored to health...
Giant searchlights flashed a great V in the skies, and a cheer rang out as a further bulletin announced: "The King has gained strength during the day." For the time being no more details were issued by Palace authorities or Surgeon Clement Price Thomas, the 57-year-old Welsh chest specialist who performed the operation. Britons were still as much in the dark over the exact nature of the King's illness as they had been when the doctors first spoke of "structural changes" in his lung. The nature of the operation (resection is the removal of the whole...
Thus last week London's Tory Daily Express greeted the long-awaited, long-deferred decision of Prime Minister Clement Attlee to call autumn elections. Britain will elect a new Parliament...
...poetry department, ditties about President Conant and a television-oriented housewife by Clement Despard and J. H. Updyke, are both witty and lively. Charles Osborne's introductory lament over the nothingness to say about freshmen is a cleverly expressed bit of circular thought, while David Graham's soliloquy on "burgers" suffers only from overextension...
With these words, the left-wing Sunday Pictorial (circ. 5,093,935) joined Conservatives in asking Prime Minister Clement Attlee for a general election this fall. Tories feel they have a fresh talking point in British failure in Iran, are sure they can tip the balance of power to their side. Labor's own left wing, led by rambunctious Nye Bevan, would like a showdown before the government makes more commitments for defense at the expense of the welfare state...