Word: harold
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...General Eisenhower's political assistant in North Africa after the invasion (his British counterpart on Ike's staff was Harold Macmillan), Murphy masterminded U.S. negotiations with Vichy's devious Admiral Darlan, helped procure a ceasefire in Algeria and Morocco, saved thou sands of U.S. and British soldiers' lives -and was severely criticized by U.S. liberals. Sample: "He is an Irish Catholic," said the New Republic. "Obviously his relations with the extreme right in French politics were warm." Dwight Eisenhower felt differently. He awarded Murphy the Distinguished Service Medal, later wrote of him: "Affable, friendly, exceedingly shrewd...
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan touched all the bases-Greece, Turkey, Cyprus*-in his spur-of-the-moment trip to the Mediterranean. Back at 10 Downing Street last week, he swiftly announced that he was going ahead with a "modified" plan for Cyprus...
Sussex Gardens. The sigh was echoed in Britain, where Prime Minister Harold Macmillan was weekending in the gardens of his Sussex home. The idea struck him that this might be the time for a personal visit to Athens and Ankara in the hope that one quick, bold move, at a time when both sides were weary and fearful, might finally clear up the bloody mess on Cyprus. For six weeks an apparent softening had been noticeable in the Greek position, a willingness to explore a settlement that would not insist on the future rights of enosis, i.e., the union...
Studebaker President Harold E. Churchill asked Sonnabend to come in and work fast because Studebaker's five-year carryover period for tax losses starts running out next year. Last week Sonnabend reported that he had nine prospective bridegrooms with combined earnings before taxes of $30 million a year-more than enough, he said, to offset Studebaker's past losses. Sonnabend was eager to get on with the wedding, but Churchill wanted to hold up formal publication of the banns until the company's creditors have approved plans to recapitalize, make the debt load more manageable...
...rare thing in those days -he was quickly tapped for great things in the world of left-wing propaganda. He went on his pilgrimage to the poor on commission from the influential Left Book Club, run by a notable socialist triumvirate - Publisher Victor Gollancz, London School of Economics Professor Harold J. Laski and John ( The Coming Struggle for Power) Strachey. When Orwell finished his book, his sponsors found that they were getting more than they bargained...