Word: wilson
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Prime Minister Harold Wilson has had to guide his ship of state through some tumultuous storms, but, compared with recent weeks, those voyages must seem to have been made on a millpond. Wilson's Labor Party was routed last week for the third straight year in local elections. Newspaper polls showed that if a general election were called now, the number of Laborites in Parliament would fall by two-thirds. Finally, after quelling a "mini-mutiny" by Labor backbenchers, Wilson was nearly nibbled to death by dentures...
...Wilson's woes are largely self-made. His surprising clumsiness in foreign affairs, ranging from the preposterous invasion of tiny Anguilla in the Caribbean to his own ineffectual journey to Nigeria, where he tried vainly to serve as statesman-broker between rebel Biafra and the Nigerian federal government, has made Britain a figure of world ridicule. At home, Wilson is locked in a particularly bitter battle with British unions, which are incensed by his union-reform bills-and especially at the bill's penal provisions against wildcat strikers...
...coup attempt barely got started, largely because the two most prominent candidates to replace Wilson-Home Secretary James Callaghan and Chancellor of the Exchequer Roy Jenkins -refused to support the plotters. Moreover, three other Cabinet Ministers, led by Secretary for Social Services Richard Grossman, took a strongly pro-Wilson stand. The Prime Minister felt so confident that he was able to brag to a May Day rally: "I know what is going on. I am going on. Your government is going on!" Wilson thereupon confided that he intended "taking this country by the scruff of the neck" and forcing...
...Wilson of the Crimson was triumphant in both the 100- and 220-yard dashes, winning the 100 in 10.2 seconds and the 220 in 22.3 seconds. Wilson edged teammate Ed Diamond, who was favored after winning both events in the Greater Boston championships two weeks ago. Laxmen...
Eliot tied Winthrop in the tennis competition, with Quincy a very close third. These same three houses were also the top point-getters in the track meet last Friday. The Jumbos will try to add the "A" crew title to their collection today. "The finals will start around finish," Wilson said...