Word: harold
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...HAROLD F. WHITNEY Boston...
...quiet in London, where Sir Humphrey had overnight become the toast of the crown. The House of Commons passed an unprecedented motion of "admiration" for his stand, and Queen Elizabeth made him Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. Even so, it was becoming increasingly plain to Prime Minister Harold Wilson that the sanctions he had imposed on Rhodesia were a long way from bringing Smith to his knees...
...customary cheers at the birth of a new nation, the U.N. General Assembly voted 102 to 2 to condemn it. Amid cries from African nations for military intervention, the Security Council called for a diplomatic boycott against "this illegal racist minority regime." In London, British Prime Minister Harold Wilson went before a tense House of Commons to brand the declaration as "unwarranted and unnecessary rebellion" and lay down sanctions against the Smith regime. "Heaven knows what crimes will be committed against the concept of the rule of law and of human freedom," said Wilson gravely...
...resplendently gowned and crowned Queen Elizabeth last week opened the second Parliament of Harold Wilson's Labor government with a cool, clear reading of the "gracious speech" that traditionally limns the government's legislative hopes for a new session. The speech, prepared by Wilson, was a seven-minute catalogue of proposed measures from health to housing but was mainly notable for what it left out: any mention of the nationalization of Britain's steel industry...
...There is no legally constituted African government to be upheld in its place at this time. It is not the government that is illegal but its rebellion. The defiance of the British prohibition of a unilateral declaration of independence must not be met with indifference or resignation. Prime Minister Harold Wilson warned the Rhodesian leaders that their challenge would not go unanswered. A war in which British soldiers would be called up to kill their Rhodesian "cousins" would not be universally applauded in England. Nevertheless, Wilson has not ruled out the possibility of ultimate military intervention. Such a course would...