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While Delmer was being served, Haig Nicholson, Reuters' veteran Middle East manager, got called out of a bridge game at the British colony's Teheran Club to be handed a similar order. Next day, the British ambassador demanded an explanation. He was told that a special press commission had tried and convicted Delmer of "vilifying and defaming the country," Nicholson of "changing the truth." Explained Prime Minister Mossadeq: "Of course, the two correspondents were not present at this trial, but I have no doubt that the verdict was amply justified...
...with the result that the stature of critic has reached a new low; indeed a contemporary belief remains that there exists nothing creative about good criticism and that the foundation of success on the printing press depends on whether you serve Mr. Atkinson, Mr. Barnes and Mr. Gibbs with Haig and Haig or indifferent Walker Red Label in generous doses before curtain time...
...present the street floor houses Hunter Haig, a haberdasher, in addition to the cleaning establishment. The Advocate occupies the entire second floor, while the remaining space is used for offices of various professors...
...weeks, British radiomen had been trying to learn how to pronounce French ship names like Georges Leygues (rhymes with bag) while their French opposites set out to grasp the British pronunciation of Agincourt. For three days the Western Union fleet in Penzance harbor exchanged signals-and Pommery champagne for Haig & Haig for Bols gin. In Penzance, huge trilingual signs said: WELCOME-BIENVENU-WELKOM...
Police today located the Buick sedan that burglars used in Monday night's $8000 robbery of Hunter Haig Clothiers on Plympton Street. The automobile, property of the Maiden School Department, was found on Hilliard Street, just off Mt. Auburn, beyond the carbarns...