Word: englishmen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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What happened afterwards made U. S. citizens realize how Wendell Willkie must have looked to Englishmen. Lord Halifax saw the towers of Manhattan from the Empire State Building (it was his first trip to New York City) with Al Smith, was whisked from conference to luncheon to conference, preceded by screaming motorcycles bearing U. S. and British flags, crossed the Hudson to New Jersey, received 100 presents (including one package, thought to contain a bomb, which turned out to be a big metal statue of Winston Churchill, thumbs up), conferred with one archbishop, three bishops and several clergymen. He opened...
...sessions in prison, back in 1934-35, Nehru wrote his autobiography. Published in England, it became a sort of classic among liberal Englishmen, has run through 14 printings. Somewhat revised now for U. S. readers, and brought nearly up to date (August 1940), it seems unlikely that it will reach any such status here; much of its political history is a little too remote from U. S. interest. But as a self-portrait of a great and selfless man, and as an intimate if less complete portrait of a great incipient nation, it has, for any reader anywhere, unique power...
...fortnight, Captain H. T. Morton of Aston Abbots, Bucks, proclaimed this characteristic, amiable aim for the Old School Tie: "We are told that after the war life will be quite different. Hunting, shooting, fishing, racing, darts and football must be protected because they are in the blood of all Englishmen. We must see that these are carried on so that after the war we will be able to enjoy these wonderful sports that make England worthy of living...
...Empire falls India will become a prey to less enlightened powers. After victory will come Dominion status. Behind this reasoning lies the cogent fact that one-fourth of Britain's overseas wealth is invested in this brightest jewel in her crown. "Two out of ten Englishmen depend on India," said Winston Churchill...
...Belfast. Famed alike for his bluntly uttered opinions and his fierce disregard of metaphorical discipline, once he roared: "The naked sword is drawn for the fight, and, gentlemen, never again will the black smoke of Nationalist tar barrels drift on the Home Rule wind to darken the hearts of Englishmen...