Word: beaverisms
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Critics of Munich men did not worry about dynamic Supply Minister Lord Beaverbrook, whose verbal leaps into bed with Russia have been spectacular, who has reportedly urged a British Expeditionary Force in the Ukraine or the Donets Basin. But the testy, growling Beaver himself was stirring up a Cabinet crisis that might bring about a drastic reorganization. Last week he was wheezing with his periodic asthma. His sickness may have been partly political, for he threatened to resign. Behind his threat was seen a warning that he would like the non existent post of Minister of Production, a powerful combination...
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...tirades of Stalin against the Christian creed. In suppose Russians are being told that the people of the United States love communism because communists had a chance to talk over here. And now comes the best one of all. The other day in a shortwave broadcast from London, Lord Beaver-brook informed the world, that everybody was wrong about Stalin--that the old boy is one of the best dressed men he ever saw and, to top it all off, has a marvelous sense of humor. The propaganda given the American public in the last war is finding its equal...
...team had developed unexpected strength. The game was played in a downpour of rain-such a downpour that running, kicking, passing, handling the ball and above all the nice timing required for the operation of Stanford's T formation, were all matters of luck. The stage for the Beaver touchdown was set by a Stanford fumble on the 14-yd. line...
...Moscow this week, must have been conscious of this British risk. The U.S. delegates must have felt a little bit in the cold. They could look at Britain's Chief Delegate Lord Beaverbrook, perfectly comfortable in Moscow with his devoted valet nicknamed Secret Weapon, and figure that the Beaver would not make much sacrifice. They could figure that Russia was not aiding the U.S. in the same direct military way as it was aiding Britain. They could recall Munich, chide British tardiness in arming in the first "phony" months of the war, criticize British failure to invade the continent...