Word: gil
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...master at St. Paul's had such an influence as Gil Winant. His shaggy, outthrust head, his dark burning eyes made those who saw him think of Lincoln. His young pupils found themselves wishing he had been born in a log cabin, were convinced that he would be President some day. They did not know whether this gauche, inarticulate teacher was a great man; but he made them sure that great men existed...
...flyer Gil Winant was absentminded. But he led a charmed life. The day before a big drive he came back from reconnaissance duty with 90 bullet holes in a wing and the motor half torn off. He took up another plane, had it shot from under him, spent the rest of the day in a third plane...
England liked Gil Winant, and showed it by dropping him out of public notice. At a luncheon shortly after his arrival, the crowd insisted on a speech; he stood up, shifted his weight from one long leg to the other through four straight minutes of agonizing silence, finally said softly: "The worst mistake I ever made was in getting up in the first place." After that they usually let him alone...
...Honest Gil. Winant's absentmindedness, honesty and great human kindness are legendary. He refused pay for his first two days on the Social Security Board because he had done some private business on those days; he emptied his pockets for handouts, was eternally grateful to waiters who brought him a second cup of coffee...
...President, Ambassador Winant would report great progress on the British front for his great post-war dream. He would hear, in return, discouraging news from the home front. But Gil Winant would certainly not give up. He believes in difficult things. He said once: "It is never easy for one country to understand another country...