Word: gibraltarism
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...exploded the British governor when a Spanish general threatened to attack Gibraltar in 1748. "If you dare give me any more of your damned nonsense, I will kick you from Hell to Hackney." In the 260 years since Admiral Sir George Rooke captured the Rock from Spain, the kicking match has gone on almost nonstop. Last week, when General Francisco Franco opened his umpteenth campaign to regain the terrain for Spain, the British were ready with both feet...
Before the United Nations Decolonization Committee, Britain's Cecil King reasoned that it was up to the people of Gibraltar to decide for themselves be tween British and Spanish rule; Franco vehemently opposes self-determination for the Rock. King received spirited support from Sir Joshua Hassan, the colony's vigorous, voluble chief minister and a sixth-generation Gibraltarian. Says Sir Joshua: "If we had a plebiscite on whether Gibraltar was to remain British or become Spanish, my only fear would be that we might get a 120% majority for the status...
...Americans, the source of pain was all too familiar: a 297-page report by a parliamentary committee investigating overseas military spending. Sweeping the bases, the committee found Benghazi about to be closed, Hong Kong indefensible, Gibraltar all but useless, Singapore disorganized, Malaysia too powerful, and the new Indian Ocean airbase at Gan dismayingly expensive ("The contract estimate has been revised on five occasions"). At all these bases, charged the committee, the armed forces have squandered the taxpayers' money on illusory projects. At Hong Kong, the army "surrendered" valuable land to the local government, which not long ago sold...
...R.A.F. is no better. On Gibraltar, "only part of one squadron was operational, yet the R.A.F. personnel numbered about 1,200." In Singapore, the R.A.F. maintains a full brass band, at a cost of ?85,000 a year. Wrote the Daily Mirror when it found out: "We all know that showing the flag and the mighty oompah, oompah, oompah of the military brass band is a jolly good thing. But who thinks a pile of brass is really worth...
Love on a Pillow. On the wide screen in full color looms an eye approximately the size of a swimming pool. The next shot: gargantuan lips. The blonde hair is a veldt of tangled desires; the whited torso stands out like Gibraltar. Put them all together, they form Brigitte Bardot, back again in an epidermoid epic directed by her first husband Roger Vadim (And God Created Woman). For those who may have missed BB on earlier outings, Vadim-apparently reminiscing-offers the Grand Tour. He photographs her frontwards, backwards, sideways, closeup, long view, and from above, through what appears...