Word: desmond
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...seniors who received the awards are: Edward M. Borges, Frederick L. Brown, William D. Egus, Donald E. Farrar, Eliot D. Hawkins, George D. Langdon, Desmond R. LaPlace, Joshna M. Levin, David W. Matthews, Constantine T. Nanopoulos, Brain F. Reynolds, Peter Strauss, Anthony I, VanWye, and Donald R. Whitehead...
...lost was Roman Catholic East Tyrone, where the Nationalist Party, which favors union with Dublin, has been in full sway since 1921. Some of the Nationalists in East Tyrone wanted to return Joseph Stewart, Dungannon publican, to the seat he has held for 20 years. Others thought better of Desmond Mallon, who publicly promised not to take the seat even...
With 15 priests standing by in a local pub to ensure fair play, Desmond and Joe tossed a coin for the nomination. Joe called "heads" and won the seat. But the question East Tyrone voters are now debating is: Did Joe win fair & square? For the coin they tossed was not of the British variety bearing the Queen's head, but a coin of the Irish Republic, with a harp on one side and a horse on the other. Joe Stewart, say the Mallon partisans, should have called "horses," not "heads...
Firebrand No. 1, Nye Bevan himself, was down with flu and reportedly deeply depressed. Influential Bevanite M.P.s, notably Dick Grossman and Desmond Donnelly, are quietly counseling Nye to let the rebel rump die and return to party regularity. The new Bevanite line: "We have accomplished much. Our job must now be to consolidate the party...
...DESMOND K. LAUB Los Angeles...