Word: expression
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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There were still muttered complaints. "What a grudging mood seems to have set in," complained Daily Express Columnist Godfrey Winn. Labor M.P.s protested the expense (an estimated $112,000) of the Caribbean honeymoon aboard the royal yacht Britannia. There was grumbling over the Palace's refusal to let the young couple drive in an open car through London on their way to embarking, and the banning of any sightseeing craft from the vicinity of the yacht itself. But when the great day finally arrives this week, it could be safely predicted that all Britain will be vibrating like...
...Birgit Cullberg feels, she has only begun to tap the library. "Dance movement," says she, "can express things not talked, not possible...
...omitted a point of amusing historical significance to Americans. When Captain Phillip, R.N., founded the first Australian settlement that "warm January day in 1788," his express assignment was the establishment of a penal colony to replace that lost in America in 1785. The first Australian colonization was a direct result of the War of Independence...
...Tunisia 10,000 Algerian fellaghas have been training for months in full view of the French army across the border. Come spring, the French fear, the fellaghas will be moving across the border with the express intent of disrupting the elections. Last week the F.L.N. announced that it would begin accepting "foreign volunteers." The Red Chinese have a standing offer to supply the Algerian rebels with "technicians" and money, but in actuality, it is unlikely that the F.L.N. expects to accept more than token contributions. More likely, the rebels, who have apparently given up hope of extracting concessions from...
President Eisenhower having proclaimed 1960 "Visit-U.S.A." year, U.S. airlines and travel agencies are teaming up to persuade foreigners to do just that. For the first time American Express Co. is plugging U.S. tours in foreign newspapers. Trans World Airlines sent five specially trained girls to canvass likely tour groups abroad. Last year an estimated 5,500,000 tourists visited the U.S., spent nearly $900 million. This year's goal: 6,000,000. More than 5,000,000 will be Canadians and Mexicans, but the number of overseas visitors rises each year...