Word: harolds
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...HAROLD NICOLSON: THE WAR YEARS, 1939-1945, VOL. II OF DIARIES AND LETTERS, edited by Nigel Nicolson. Author-Politician Nicolson's gossipy jottings not only give a crisp and sharp picture of embattled Britain, but establish him as a brilliant Boswell to his age and peers...
...stressing his continued friendship with the West and asking for political, economic and military support to rebuild his land. "We have made many mistakes in the past," he said, "partly because we have failed to present our case properly." After speaking at the United Nations, Hussein visited Lyndon Johnson, Harold Wilson, Charles de Gaulle and Pope Paul VI, trying to convince the world that the Arabs' case is more reasonable than most Arabs make it sound and-not incidentally-that he is the best hope for moderation and realism in the Arab world...
...debate over the homosexual bill did not produce Commons' finest hour. When Tory Opponent Harold Gurden mused that a House of 600 members probably had some homosexuals in its midst and that they should declare their interest before voting, he was interrupted by a taunting cry from Labor Backbencher Andrew Faulds: "We don't know about you, do we? It might be interesting!" Replied Gurden: "If he is insinuating that I am one of the chosen few, perhaps he could tell us about it." The deputy speaker succeeded in restoring order and as the sun began rising over...
...HOMECOMING, winner of this season's Drama Critics' Circle and Tony awards, is the latest of British Playwright Harold Pinter's laconic, spare dramas. Members of the Royal Shakespeare Company give a nightly lesson in precision and grace in ensemble acting...
British Prime Minister Harold Wil son has never been noted for excessive chivalry toward opponents-or subordinates. But rarely has Wilson stirred as much angry reaction among both Labor colleagues and Tory opponents as he did with his bitter attack upon the character and conduct of Colonel Leslie ("Sammy") Lohan, the civil servant in charge of governmental press relations on all questions touching national security...