Word: harsant
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...foreign correspondents in Washington, U.S. officials give highest marks to the British, whose tradition of excellence dates from the late Sir Willmott Harsant Lewis, witty correspondent for the Times of London from 1920 to 1947. "Next to our own people, who are unbeatable, the British correspondents report and interpret the U.S. better than anybody else," says a senior State Department official. "The British are great-and have tremendous influence...