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...political pole), talented, ambitious Frank Owen had been a Liberal M.P. at 23, the socialist editor of the imperialist Evening Standard at 32, a soldier correspondent at 37. His latest professional hurdle took him from his prewar job with Lord Beaverbrook into the camp of the Beaver's keenest journalistic rival, Lord Rothermere. Some Tory friends of Rothermere's thought he was on a sticky wicket in hiring (for a reported $40,000 a year) "that notorious leftist...
...long controlled in North China, even his closest advisers felt he had decided on war. When he turned around and extended the two-week Manchurian truce by eight days, they were not so sure. Lo Lung-Chi, spokesman for the liberal Democratic League and one of China's keenest politicians, offered his analysis: "The Generalissimo is the kind of man who will rein in his horse at the edge of the cliff...
After the session, Giral hurried to his limousine. He popped out when he remembered he had not said goodbye to Lange, his keenest supporter on the subcommittee. Lange said: "It was nice to have...
...Little Koo of China, slight Van Kleffens of The Netherlands, playing the keenest minds there upon all that passed, and at times doing their sage best to quiet the storm when storming had done its turn...
...went its transatlantic air-express rates, from $2.02 per pound to $1.17. Pan Am also shaved passenger rates on the New York -Lisbon run and on many a Latin American route. Signifi cantly, the drop in rates was greatest -as on the Atlantic routes - where the competition was keenest. Having sunk its knife deep into the hides of competitors, Pan Am then gave it a turn. Said Pan Am: when it gets its new planes now on order (see below) it plans to cut rates again...