Word: londoners
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Spokesman." Mr. Houghton was summoned from London to the White House (TIME, March 29) to give the President what is sometimes called "the low down" on Europe. Senator Harrison found no fault with that. He called the move "all right . . . well, proper and good." What caused the Senator anguish was an interview which Mr. Houghton gave to the press, in accepted White House fashion. That is, he spoke through a "spokesman," a mythical third person whom the President invokes as his mouthpiece, in order that what the "spokesman" says may be contradicted next day, if necessary...
...semi-official Paris Journal des Débats agreed, called Mr. Houghton's alleged report "impolitic . . . defamatory to French policy . . . without precedent." The London Times backed up the sobriquet "Gloomy Gus," saying: "Mr. Houghton has apparently told his Government that the present state of Europe is hopeless...
...that a new League Assembly Hall and Secretariat will shortly rise upon the Bartholoni property and on adjacent lots. Sir Eric's good humor vanished as he settled down to the vast batch of despatches which are his perennial due. Ominous developments concerning the League were occurring at London (see COMMONWEALTH, "Chamberlain Grilled"), at Berlin (see GERMANY, "Tirpitz Roused"), at Washington (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS, "Houghton Stumbles...
...geniuses about, and that the real difficulty is to find writers who are sober, honest and industrious and have been for many years in their last situation." Flecker's qualifications were sustained in 1923 when his poetic drama Hassan began a long run at His Majesty's Theatre, London, later appearing...
...Ames '28 will enter his yacht, the Primrose IV, in the first trans-Atlantic yacht race to be held in 21 years, which is to begin on June 20. The trip will be sailed in two jumps, the first of 660 miles from New London to Bermuda, to be followed by a long dash across the North Atlantic to Plymouth, England. After the Atlantic trip, Ames is expected to enter his boad in the British ocean race around Fastnet Light...