Word: edens
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Anthony Eden's visit to America is a political, rather than a military mission, and probably has to do with the establishment of a post-war world, according to David E. Owen, associate professor of History, and tutor in the department of History...
...future, as hostilities fade, we will have more to do with Eden than any other man in Britain." Owen continued. "As the British Cordell Hull he is chiefly concerned with what the Allies will do after the war rather than what they do now, since most of their present action is military rather than political...
...Eden's record in international politics is almost spotless. He sensed the menace of fascism before any other Conservative politician except Churchill, whom Owen thinks might have made the trip had he not been...
Brave New World, Inc. paid two dividends last week, but there were ominous signs of crises yet to be withstood. Dividend No. 1 was the visit to Washington of Mr. Anthony Eden, Britain's Foreign Secretary, who was prepared to consult with American officials on the political and economic problems of post-war cooperation. Long an internationalist, often touted as the next Prime Minister, Eden was a happy choice to initiate British-American conferences. A second encouraging sign lay in the announced intention of a bi-partisan group of U. S. Senators to offer a Senate resolution tomorrow, calling...
House of Commons' tradition demanded that this cobwebby playlet be enacted this week: In the absence of a Speaker, M.P.s point silently to Anthony Eden or some other designated Member, who announces the King's wish that another Speaker be appointed. Two M.P.s propose and second a man agreed upon by Tories and Laborites. The new Speaker formally "protests his unworthiness," is then elected and conducted to the seat of Commons' authority. At this stage he wears a bobbed wig. The King is asked to approve the choice. When he does (in practice, he must), the Speaker...