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Word: cappadocia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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That evening Churchill went off to attend a St. George's Day dinner with the Honorable Artillery Company, oldest serving British regiment. He told the gunners what would happen if St. George (about 300 A.D.) were alive today: "St. George would arrive in Cappadocia accompanied, not by a horse, but by a secretariat. He would be armed, not by a lance, but by several flexible formulas . . . He would propose a conference with the dragon. He would then lend the dragon a lot of money. The maiden's release would be referred to Geneva or New York, the dragon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Sir Winston & the Dragons | 5/4/1953 | See Source »

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