Word: haig
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...mathematics and science." The French master wanted Churchill thrown out. But he stayed on and passed his examinations. Other celebrated alumni of Jimmy's include two living British Field Marshals, Lords Gort and Ironside; Prince Arthur of Connaught; the Duke of Gloucester; the late Field Marshals Lords Haig and French...
...from the English. On the occasion of its departure a send-off is given in the pub by a bag-piper which is pleasant if you hae Scotch blood in you. Another tantalizing feature of the play was the Scotch displayed on the shelves of the pub. Plenty of Haig & Haig, Johnny Walker, and Vat 69 was prominently visible...
...swings into the room like a parody of herself. Her favorite attire is a pale blue silk negligee which sets off the inhumanly blonde brilliance of her hair. She founders into a straight-backed chair as if it were a chaise longue. The maid brings ice, two glasses, a Haig & Haig pinchbottle. The second glass is pure courtesy; Mae West neither drinks nor smokes. But she talks likably and rather shyly...
Generals and Yes Men. At their headquarters behind the front, modern generals must often rely on the word of their subordinates. With a half-dozen relayings, an official report may be progressively dressed up somewhat for the "old man's" benefit. When he found that Haig's Intelligence was overreporting German casualties in World War I, Winston Churchill stormed: "The temptation to tell a chief in a great position the things he most likes to hear is one of the commonest explanations of mistaken policy. Thus the outlook of the leader on whose decision fateful events depend...
...picked up an old Haig and Haig bottle and sniffed at it absent mindedly. A rude knock on the door shattered his abstraction. He wheeled around to come face-to-face with a brand new cherub of about 17, who set down the bag he was carrying and looked around the room possessively. Vag stifled a snarl. "Are you my roommate?" the Freshman asked, amiably. Vag took the splinter of goal post off the wall, flipped his cigarette into the fireplace and strode out of the room, closing the door behind...