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February 25, 1930

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BEAVER BROOK CALLS NAVAL PARLEY DEAD; PREMIER DENIES IT; Attack in The Daily Express Seen as an Exaggerated View of Conditions. LIMITATION TREATY LIKELY American Delegation Is Still Optimistic and Undisturbed by Criticisms. FRANCE HOLDS ATTENTION British Expect Briand to Return With Cut in Program or They Will Increase Their Figures.

By Edwin L. James. Special Cable To the New York Times

Several London newspapers call parley dead; MacDonald denies failure; Ital delegates return, policy outlined; surmise on reaction in U S to reported Briand program; reception

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Wendy Beckett

1930Wendy Beckett, British nun and art critic (died 2018)[†]

Wendy Mary Beckett, better known as Sister Wendy, was a British Catholic religious sister and art historian who became known internationally during the 1990s when she presented a series of BBC television documentaries on the history of art. Her programmes, such as Sister Wendy's Odyssey and Sister Wendy's Grand Tour, often drew a 25 percent share of the British viewing audience. In 1997 she made her debut on US public television, with The New York Times describing her as "a sometime hermit who is fast on her way to becoming the most unlikely and famous art critic in the history of television."