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...NONEXISTENT KNIGHT & THE CLOVEN VISCOUNT (246 pp.)−Italo Calvino−Random House...
...fatally weakening Britain's armed forces (conscription ended during his tenure of office). His successor: Peter Thorneycroft, 52, former Chancellor of the Exchequer and Minister of Aviation, an urbane, acerbic politician who likes to be called a "Tory" because the word is "short, sharp and abusive." - Lord Chancellor Viscount Kilmuir, 62, who for seven years presided over the judiciary. Successor: Sir Reginald Manningham-Buller, Attorney-General, widely nicknamed "Reggie Bullying-Manner." - Sir David Eccles. 57, Education Minister, a publicity-conscious politician who tried to cope with Britain's teacher shortage. Successor: Sir Edward Boyle...
...COMECON meeting in Moscow, Nikita Khrushchev let loose another tirade against the Market, while in Britain, in full-page advertisements paid for by Tory Imperialist Lord Beaverbrook, Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein blared: "I say we must not join Europe.'' Ghana's President Kwame Nkrumah denounced Britain's plans to enter the Market and found himself in tune with Australia's Prime Minister Robert Menzies, usually no friend of the Commonwealth's black members...
...Viscount Linley...
Finding his career in banking somewhat "constricting," Britain's Viscount Eden of Royal Leamington Spa, 31, sportive bachelor son of the ex-Prime Minister, bounded off into a new enterprise-a London tourist agency. For fees ranging up to $300 weekly, the former swain of Princess Alexandra was Cooking up services ranging from auto renting to ticket broking, and an added come-on for visiting Yanks: "Introductions to the right people...