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Word: devlin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1960
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...tactics of the two ministers have left the mild Mr. Macleod helpless. It was hoped, when Mr. Macmillan chose him to replace Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd (who was able to deny harshly the no doubt valid Devlin Commission report that found the imprisonment of Dr. Banda quite unnecessary) that some softer glances might be directed toward nationalism in Central Africa. But it is at least clear now that unless some official of very great authority removes Sir Roy and Sir Edgar, the Federation, in Dr. Banda's words, "is dead. All that remains now is to bury...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Colonial Intransigeance | 12/15/1960 | See Source »

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