Word: primed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Since the death of Auto Racer Mike Hawthorn in an ordinary accident on an ordinary road last winter, Britain's fastest, most expert drivers have pretty much throttled down out on the highway, with one exception: Countess Attlee, 63, wife of and longtime driver for former Prime Minister Clement Attlee. Last week Lady Attlee, whose cool daring behind the wheel gave newsmen a run for their copy during election campaigns, had a bit of bad luck, cracked a collarbone in a collision at a North London crossroads known as "Danger Junction." It was her fifth crash in four years...
...eventful and long-postponed decisions. France's Charles de Gaulle, after a year devoted to cautious, almost imperceptible maneuver against both Moslem rebels and self-professed French patriots, drew himself up at last to announce his plan for staunching the hemorrhage of civil war in Algeria. In Britain Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, capitalizing on the sunburst of Ike's public personality, quickly called elections that could give the Tories five more years in power...
Venturing forth early last week from Chequers, country residence of Britain's Prime Ministers, Tory Squire Harold Macmillan earnestly read the lesson (Joel 2: 15-16) at the Anglican parish church of Ellesborough. "Blow the trumpet in Zion," he intoned; "call a solemn assembly: gather the people." Barely 36 hours later, after a fast flight to Balmoral Castle in Scotland, Macmillan officially advised Queen Elizabeth that he planned to call a general election...
...constitutional monarchy within the modern Commonwealth of Nations, the Governor General, though he lives in high style at Government House, no longer governs except for the once-in-a-lifetime occasion when politicians disagree, and he must choose a Prime Minister to form a government. Vanier was picked by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, formally appointed by Queen Elizabeth II, and in all important respects serves as the Queen's standin, exercising her powers and prerogatives. His main function is to exemplify the unifying symbol of the Crown in his travels across the land. His predecessor set an arduous example...
WITH the boom still picking up speed, most U.S. economists have stopped worrying about the present, started looking into the future to answer a prime question: When will the U.S. have another recession? They have little doubt that a slowdown will come. "One of the outstanding facts of the postwar economy is the re-emergence of the classic business cycle," says Presidential Economic Adviser Don Paarlberg. Other economists throughout the land are in surprising agreement that business will boom into 1960, slump somewhat...