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Bulldozer. "Before I'm finished with a book," says Churchill, "I go through it with a bulldozer." Phrases are burnished, whole chapters leveled and regraded. His own corrections are scribbled on galley proofs with red ink. A squad of helpers scans other proofs: Lord Ismay, his wartime military adviser, keeps an eye on military points, while others watch for grammatical or factual flubs...
...question of just what the name "Wake" means stumps the editors. Irish wakes, wakes of ships, and just plain waking up are all symbolized in the title. Hawkes, who claims the distinction of having picked the name back in '44 looks up from a pile of galley sheets and smiles. "It could mean anything," he concedes...
...that the last grey snow has vanished from the shady spots in back of Leverett House, the grass is blushing green along Memorial Drive, and Tom Bolles's galley slaves are churning the clear blue Charles once more, it appears that Spring has finally come to Harvard...
With the ceremony not even so formal as wrapped old wheeze in a discarded galley prod and throwing it on the Lampoon's steps, the CRIMSON on September 21, 1947, scrapped the Radcliffe jape...
...because he could find no living quarters in Halifax after discharge from the Navy. With little original capital and no office staff except his wife (who is still his secretary), Stairs has worked up his business to $250,000 a year. Eight Acadia 425 have been ordered. Complete with galley, auxiliary engine and berths for four to six, the boat sells for about $8,700. Canadians estimate that the same ship would cost $20,000 if built...