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...politicians caught in the bloody draggle of Suez needed a scapegoat. Much of it reflected a last wild try to wreak a change in the U.S.'s stand against British-French-Israeli aggression in Suez. "If we all get hot enough under the collar," said the Daily Sketch, "the warmth of the conflict may perhaps penetrate the icy coldness and hostility in Washington...
...story of England's Civil War, crowded with gaudy and eloquent figures of drama, squalor and nobility, Churchill has also been writing a neglected chapter in American history. His narrative takes U.S. schoolbook history a generation back from where it usually starts. His brilliant sketch of turbulent 17th century England explains just how the Puritans on the run, gentlemen adventurers and refugees got their start in the New World, and what they had in mind when they touched American soil...
...imperialism has outlived the empire, usually flaunts its dislike of Sir Anthony Eden. But last week it hailed his action: "Let there be no doubt that it is a prudent step, a necessary step and one that deserves unqualified support from the nation." The chest-beating tabloid Daily Sketch (circ. 1,123,855) shrilled: "Stop the sniveling and close the ranks." But misgivings ran like chills through responsible Tory papers that staunchly upheld the government when the Suez crisis broke in July...
...sketch rapidly some of the more pressing present needs...
...small pictures that his one eye could compass. This led Trumbull to compress heroic compositions into canvases more concentrated and powerful than West's own. Returning after the Revolution, he traveled from New Hampshire to South Carolina to portray the VIPs of a Very Important Period, and to sketch the quieted battlefields...