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...been in this war a long time, seen action and must see much more I think your little fairy tale does the hope of mine and of all partisans of peace a grievous disservice. . . . The flower of world collaboration is a tender one indeed. And every hand in the world is not too many to nurture...
...movie industry has presented Hollywood Canteen (TIME, Jan. 15), as I understand it, as a portrayal of the job it's doing as a war industry. . . . We saw the picture last night. . . . It catered to one of our most grievous needs: there were lovely American girls in it. But an uneasiness crept over us early. When the hero came out of the Canteen with Joan Leslie . . . and stood staring at the beautiful car likewise awaiting his pleasure, the guy sitting next to me called, "Watch out, buddy-it's a booby-trap...
When SS divisions were first sent to fight in Russia, the Wehrmacht generals, who disliked both the SS and its boss, let them take some grievous losses. All that has been changed. In the battle of France the SS units were pulled back as nearly intact as possible, leaving second-rate and third-rate troops to take the beating as rearguards. The same thing happened in the battle of the Ardennes...
...though Parliament gave him a sweeping vote of confidence (340 to 7), as politics his speech also left many questions unanswered, many grievous doubts unresolved...
...Times blamed a careless 18th-Century staff for an error which had caused the serial number on its front page to exceed the proper figure by 23. The mistake, said the Times, would be rectified by numbering 23 issues with the same number: 49,950. Last week, with the grievous error atoned for and corrected, the Times proudly printed its true 50,000th issue. For the occasion it devoted several columns and an editorial to itself, printed two columns of tributes from King George VI, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, many another Empire bigwig...