Word: sirs
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From its elegant mahogany bar to the cozy wicker furniture on its gingerbread verandas, Grand Hotel Oloffson in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, was a place for artists and writers to relax and reflect in style. Graham Greene set part of his novel The Comedians at the hotel, and Sir John Gielgud, Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote and Mick Jagger were also guests...
After the vote, Sir Geoffrey Howe, the British Foreign Secretary and current president of the organization, told the ministers, "I fear that we'll have to sustain our pressure for much longer than many of us would have wished." At week's end Howe and Chester Crocker, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, held separate meetings in London with Oliver Tambo, president of the militant African National Congress...
...General Assembly on the second day of its so-called "general debate," an annual event which gives heads of state and government, foreign ministers and other officials of the 159-member world body a chance to deliver policy statements for their governments. Yesterday's speakers included British Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe and Japanese Foreign Minister Tadashi Kuranari. Both expressed the hope for another superpower summit this year...
...odder than a gathering of stamp collectors. No sir...
...European Community may announce new sanctions this week, following a weekend meeting outside London of the Community's twelve foreign ministers. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's stalwart stance against sanctions appears to be easing. During a visit to Washington this week, British Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe is expected to inform U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz that Britain will join with the rest of the European Community to ban imports of South African coal, iron and steel. Preparations are also under way for U.S. and British officials to meet in an undisclosed location with Oliver Tambo, president...