Word: harolds
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...measure of this success is the fact that Prime Minister Harold Wilson, long opposed to joining the European Six, seems converted to the cause. Last week he stumped the Continent to gain support for British membership. If Charles de Gaulle ever withdraws his veto and lets Britain in, there will be other prompt applications for Common Market membership; most of the seven members of the European Free Trade Association, which has achieved a success of its own, want to join...
...northward to meet responsibilities it has shrugged off for generations. The two old foes of two decades ago already share some surprising ties. In twelve years, Australia's exports to Japan quadrupled, and the Japanese are the second largest customers for Australian wool. Australia's Prime Minister Harold Holt admits that his concept of relations with Asia has undergone great change, and frankly credits it to "the marriage of our own raw material and primary production to Japan's enormous industrial potential...
...plumed helmets royal-blue jackets and white breeches' the Garde Republicaine stood in formation outside the Elysee Palace As the distinguished visitor approached trumpets blared forth a fanfare, and dozens of swords swirled in salute But the arrival was not the customary motorcade-and-siren sort of thing. Harold Wilson had come from the British embassy on foot down the Rue St. Honore and there he was: hatless, in rumpled suit, hands in pockets, pipe in mouth, t was a fitting prelude for a meeting between the socialist from Yorkshire and the grand seigneur who had regally blackballed Britain...
Wilson and De Gaulle exchanged polite toasts at lunch, Wilson praising De Gaulle as a man "who is not afraid of change," and De Gaulle saying, in effect: It's nice to see you, Harold, even if nothing comes of all this. The champagne was Veuve Clicquot 1959 which was Churchill's favorite, and it helped put George Brown in such a comradely mood that, as they rose from the table, he grabbed De Gaulle by the arm. The French gasped; it was comparable to tweaking the Queen's ear. But De Gaulle was unperturbed...
...Labor government succeeded in taking over the industry in 1951 - only to be driven from office eight months later, partly because it had muddled the steel industry so badly. The Tories put most of steel back into private hands. When he took over as Prime Minister in 1964, Harold Wilson tried to renationalize steel with his thin majority, but retreated when he saw how perilous ly close the vote would be. Last week, with a healthy majority assured since the March 1966 elections, the Labor Party finally had its way. By a vote of 306 to 220, it rammed...