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...monster of American culture, and examine it at close range. One of them, Sir William Haley, director general of BBC, began plans last fall for a series of talks by qualified intellectuals on the impact of America on European culture. BBC's five lecturers-three Englishmen and an Irishman, with Harvard Professor Perry Miller concluding in rebuttal a fortnight ago-seemed to pull up two stakes for every one they drove, but succeeded here & there in tethering a groping Gullivernian arm or a flailing...
...experienced British unionists, whose power in the labor world was once undisputed, clearly resented being crowded by what seemed to them young upstarts, with pushing ways, loud ties and big, expensive cigars. They were annoyed especially when Mike Quill, truculent boss of the U.S. Transport Workers and a professional Irishman, blurted that Northern Ireland was "a slave state...
...Enright is a short wizened, 75-year-old Irishman with blue eyes and a characteristic brown hat. He has seen Harvard football players come and go ever since 1888, when he became head caretaker of the Soldiers Field grounds. Enright was officially retired in 1939, but he still helps out now and then when something comes up that stymies the more inexperienced...
...Augarten says, that an a Jew he feels an allegiance to Israel similar to that an American-born Irishman would have felt towards the IRA in 1922. He would like to return to Palestine, but not to live, although he is very hopeful for the land. "They ought to be able to hold their present boundaries," he says. He has worked with a tent-housed agricultural group in the desert, and knows that if the country can support the population of three million the Jews are planning. The biggest problem today is handling the huge group of immigrants recently absorbed...
...fire a snappy 68 to stay abreast of Britain's little Charlie Ward for the first 18 holes; Sam finally won, 6 and 5. But the best match of all was the last and deciding one, between Mangrum and Fred Daly. Said Mangrum after 18 holes: "This Irishman is tough; I had a 65 and I'm only one up." After lunch, Mangrum fell one hole behind before the pace told on Daly, who blew up and lost, 4 and 3. That match sunk the British (seven matches to five) and saved the neat little gold cup which...