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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...
...freshman described her own terrifying experience with proctors. "I took an hour exam at Harvard," she said. "May pen went dry and I tried to borrow ink from a neighbor. You'd have thought I'd thrown a bomb. The proctors all rushed in my direction, whispering and shushing with enough racket to disrupt the whole room for five minutes...
...famed gambling Casino felt as if someone had. For the second time in its 85 years, it was in the red. In its last fiscal year, the Casino lost some 136,000,000 francs (about $450,000 at current rates), almost twice as much as in its other red-ink year...
There has been a lot of ink spilled over the grandeur of the Missa. Bulbous-headed little men have gone around spreading the misconception that the Missa isn't really a mass at all, much less a dirty old Catholic mass. Catholic masses are supposed to be sung in monotones by corrupt priests in faraway places. But this is a philosophy; it has a profound message for the initiate and plenty of sex for young and old. As a result of all this drivel, the Missa has been turned in finale furioso of the concert stage and it has been...
...hurried edition of Stars and Stripes, with a hopeful editorial: "The Germans have what it takes to win back their freedom. Good machinery, good ink, good paper. All they need is the truth." That was three years...