Word: cigarets
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...Guildhall ceremony over, Ike Eisenhower was entertained at lunch by the Lord Mayor. He received the Order of Merit from the King, was later granted an audience by the Queen Mother, who astonished him by offering him a cigaret, taking one herself. Winston Churchill, beaming with professional admiration, clapped him on the back and said of the speech: "Well done, Ike, very well done." London's press beamed...
...General Ike received the Cross of Liberation from General Charles de Gaulle. Then, saluting from an open car, he was driven between roaring thousands down the Champs-Elysees. To his collection of precious souvenirs, France added a gold-hiked sword which Napoleon had worn as First Consul, a gold cigaret case encrusted with five sapphire stars...
...chinless character, seated in a rococo chair, casually puffing squares and triangles from a cigaret...
...days after this return he copped one live prisoner with a flying tackle, turned him over to a second soldier to hold, then chased a second Jap, who promptly sat down and pulled out a hara-kiri grenade. Thoughtfully Sergeant Brown stopped, took out a cigaret and lit it. The Jap's face brightened. Brown replaced his .45 in its holster, walked up to the Jap and offered him a cigaret. The Jap put down his grenade for a moment to accept the gift . . . Brown went to Manila again...
...thing that sticks out most in my mind is not a Rubens or a Rembrandt or even a diamond-crusted cigaret box. It is a silver cup presented by Hermann Göring, Reich Master of the Hunt, to Hermann Göring, Reich Master of the Hunt. Yes, that is what it says...