Word: morrison
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...affair touched off an explosion of criticism against the Labor Government for appointing such unstable men to important positions in Britain's greatly respected civil service, and particularly in the Foreign Office. In the House of Commons this week, Foreign Secretary Herbert Morrison dodged a barrage of questions. Said he: Any suggestion that the case of Burgess and MacLean points to "widespread sexual perversion in the Foreign Office" is "unfair and irresponsible." As for their possible desertion, Morrison said this was "a matter which we should not prejudge...
...pause in the Eighth Army's pursuit in Korea (see below) underlined Lie's words. London eagerly approved; Foreign Secretary Herbert Morrison declared that a "psychological moment" had arrived for a truce. Into this flurry of wishful activity Ambassador Ernest A. Gross, U.S. delegate to the U.N., dropped a timely reminder. "Peace efforts," he said, "thus far have been entirely from one side-the U.N. side...
...Britain's House of Commons, Foreign Secretary Herbert Morrison publicly accepted "some form of nationalization." Three days later, Mossadeq rose from a sick bed to receive U.S. Ambassador Henry Grady, who delivered a personal message from President Harry Truman.* Gist of it: "Iran's independence is absolutely essential . . . The flow of Iran's oil is absolutely essential . . ." Now that Foreign Secretary Morrison was ready to accept "the principle of nationalization," it looked as if negotiations for a settlement might begin. "I am sure," concluded Truman, "Your Excellency is aware of the possible explosive consequences...
...Balance" is a crucial factor in education itself, Harvard has always felt. For a national student body possessing many and varied talents offers the most perfect cosmopolitan environment for teaching and for learning. Samuel Eliot Morrison '08 says in his "The Founding of Harvard College...
...Morrison said that no action on the matter would be taken before next fall when he may move for abolition of the committee at a faculty meeting...