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...Pasha. In response to the hillmen's attack, Major Gray sent several truckloads of troops up to reinforce the garrison, but they were stopped by mines-the first land mines ever used in battle in the Sultanate. At this point the Sultan consulted his Foreign Minister, a hulking Scot named Niel Innes who used to command the Khartoum jail, and called for London's help...
...grey-walled U.S. embassy carrying a crudely lettered placard bearing the inscription, in English and Chinese: "The Killer-Reynolds-Is Innocent? Protest Against U.S. Court-Martial's Unfair, Unjust Decision." Newspapeir editorials charged angrily that if Reynolds had killed an American, he would not have got off scot-free...
...would be impressive (Anglicans: 3,000,000 in England, 55,000 in Scotland; Presbyterians: 1,300,000 in Scotland. 70,000 in England). But the notion of worshiping with Sassenach ritual is still unsettling in the Highlands, and the idea of church rule by bishops really provokes the independent Scots. The Economist spelled out their indignation: "In the real split between Low Church and Anglican Church attitudes-the pomp and circumstance which Anglicans regard as a display of beauty for the greater glory of God, and which older Presbyterians regard as near-idolatry and even younger ones regard as play...
...courts were set up to try the arrested rioters. Last week came news that the First Chamber of Criminal Court had freed 23 persons charged with responsibility for the riots for "lack of evidence." At the same time, it was revealed that all the other prisoners had also gone scot free...
...Stooge. Nevertheless, in 1951, when he was first appointed FRB chairman by Harry Truman, succeeding Thomas (Scot-tissue) McCabe, who resigned in midterm, Martin had a hard time convincing fellow Democrats at Senate confirmation hearings that he would not allow the FRB to be dominated by his longtime friend John Snyder. Martin's clincher: "I'm not going to be a stooge for Snyder. I have too much respect...