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True, the banishment of His Eminence, Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus, was "one of the most muddleheaded decisions of Prime Minister Eden's indecisive tenure"-but perhaps now the free world will realize and sympathize with the almost hopeless situation of this poor, small nation in its fight to be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 9, 1956 | 4/9/1956 | See Source »

You characterize Eden's deportation of Archbishop Makarios as "muddleheaded," but what was the alternative after Britain's offer of self-government under British security had been rejected? The "self-determination" of the Cypriots strikes a responsive chord in American hearts, but have the consequences of the "down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 9, 1956 | 4/9/1956 | See Source »

In London British military men confided to newsmen that the Eden government had made its move in the conviction that Israel and the Arab states will be at war within 90 days and that Cyprus must then be transformed into a vital military base. It would need a turn of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CYPRUS: Exile Comes to the Archbishop | 3/19/1956 | See Source »

. . . That "Communism is a Christian heresy, but Naziism was anti-Christian paganism" is "oversimplification" of itself. Communism, ideologically, is not simply an attempt to weaken Christianity, but to destroy all religions and Communism is even more pagan than Naziism ... If such muddleheaded thinking as Mr. Driberg's is typical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 2, 1953 | 11/2/1953 | See Source »

In the huge role of Holmes, Rathbone is a dismaying surprise. He has replaced his familiar and appropriately austere Holmes with an agitated, unimposing figure. Further, with Rathbone blowing every fourth line of a part he has apparently yet to learn, Holmes seems down-right muddleheaded. The effect is even...

Author: By R. E. Oldenburg, | Title: Sherlock Holmes | 10/14/1953 | See Source »

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