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But these do not speak for Britain. Heavy bombers, tanks, guns, warships, workmen hammering out weapons and munitions, A.T.S. girls manning lonely searchlight posts, paratroopers fluttering down in practice maneuvers, tankmen butting machines through timbered obstacles, sentries pacing windswept beaches -these speak for the Britain of 1944.
The Army also asked civilians to report any violations. Reason: such well-intentioned butting-in reminds people too forcefully that their mail is being read.
When spring finally caught up with the several young men living in Winthrop House things began to happen in a small way. An d so now they have two mewling organizations butting their foetal heads against the stone wall of respectability.
Why is somebody always butting into somebody else's business?
Innovator. Since February, when he was asked to serve as an adviser to Land, Douglas has been butting his head against walls, aching for authority. Arizona-born, 47-year-old Lew Douglas admits that the only ships he knows very much about are prairie schooners. But he is versatile. He...