Word: frankses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Fancy Knots. When the shooting war was over, Franks ("the greatest civilian discovery of the war") could have been head of Britain's Steel Board or had his pick of many glittering big business jobs. He turned them all down to go back to Oxford as provost of his...
When the conference ended, Franks was picked to head the European delegation to Washington to lay before the U.S. the 16 nations' thoughts and plans. To a spellbound conference of U.S. officials,
Franks put on a show they have never forgotten: he talked for 2½ hours on the whole European recovery program without notes, pause or repetition.
At year's end, his job superlatively done, Franks went back again ("to recharge my batteries") to his beloved Oxford. This time London gave him two months, then sent him to Washington.
There, in the hardest job of his life, Father Franks lives close to his work. The day begins at 7:15 when the Franks children (Caroline, 10, and Allison, 4) rouse their parents. Breakfast is in a small room off Lady Franks's bedroom (just fruit juice and coffee...