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...World War II political truce. Years ago, contending for Liverpool, he had said: "I don't want to go into Parliament to represent a lot of stuffy old ladies in Bournemouth. I want to fight for really hard-pressed people." Worse yet, though he was originally a staunch supporter of the Suez invasion, Randolph had recently embarrassed the Macmillan government by a series of newspaper articles attacking the inept military and political management of that operation...
...century. Washington's Corcoran Gallery has been a staunch patron of American art. This week it marks its 100th birthday with a two-city celebration: a loan exhibition at Manhattan's Wildenstein Gallery of outstanding pictures drawn from its collection and its regular biennial roundup of contemporary U.S. paintings in Washington. Founder William Wilson Corcoran was a Washington banker so rich and so well connected financially that he could and did underwrite much of the cost of the Mexican War (1846-48). While new-rich American collectors of the 19th century were turning almost exclusively to European...
...took some staunch play by the Crimson to tie the score, but Higginbottom followed up Fischer's 30-foot slap shot to close the gap at 8:19. With two B.U. players sharing the penalty box for seven-men-on-the-ice and elbow infractions at the 13-minute mark, the varsity pressed play at the Terrier end of the rink...
Diplomatic reports pouring into West Berlin indicated the United States, Britain and France would reject the Soviet maneuver. U.S. congressmen visiting the isolated city assured the fighting mayor staunch U.S. support...
Goldovsky is a staunch advocate of performing foreign operas in English. I have come around to his view-point, but only in regard to comic opera. I still feel the advantages of doing tragedy in the original are unassailable. At any rate, Ory is being done in a colloquially up-to-date and often witty rhymed English translation by Robert A. Simon. And the diction of the singers is surprisingly good...