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Franks lacks Reading's vast experience of affairs. Lothian's enthusiasm and Halifax's impelling warmth. But Franks is in his own right an interesting specimen of homo britannicus. As a friend summed him up recently: "Franks believes passionately in the Sermon on the Mount, but he...
At that historic meeting, the boyish-looking professor did more than just a good job; his sparkling clarity of speech, his remorseless logic, his deft and delicate handling of clashing national views made him the conference star. He presided over his own delegation briskly and competently, telling them: "Gentlemen, we...
Through all relations with the U.S. Government, Franks moves with supple grace. In conference, he is concise and convincing. He shuns the tedious insistence of some diplomats on speaking only with the Secretary of State, welcomes fruitful discussion on any level. He has lately achieved a remarkable triumph over his...
Heuss's wife became a successful advertising woman, was able to support them when the Nazis froze Heuss out of teaching jobs. Now, grey-haired and grandmotherly, she will have to be the mistress of the ugly, boxlike presidential mansion at Bad Godesberg. Said Heuss of this German White...
Last week, as their short-lived civil war sputtered to a close (with some 260 dead, 800 wounded), Bolivians recalled the oft-told story of the Moscardos and told a moving father-&-son story of their own. It concerned ex-Army General Froilan Calleja, commander of the rebel forces, and...