Word: musts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...suggests-an hour in which the shames and hesitancies of the British past have been whipped out of sight, and the triumphs and tragedies of later years are still unforeseeable. Only the absorbing, solitary hour of the British crisis is present-the decisive hour in which the past must be redeemed and the future secured. It was to this decisive moment that Churchill called upon the people of Britain to respond "and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will say: 'This was their finest hour...
...trouble you have been taking . . ."), sometimes confidently flattering ("I am sure that, with your comprehension of the sea affair, you will not let this crux ... go wrong for want of ... destroyers"). The blunt instrument is reserved for extreme use: "Mr. President, with great respect I must tell you that in the long history of the world this is a thing...
...Bacon. But the great events of this volume-the fall of France, Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain-do not alone present a complete portrait of Churchill himself. To Churchill the diplomat, the high-spirited artist of war, the politician who understood himself and thus understood the British people, must be added Churchill the tireless observer of small things, the accountant who knows that pennies make the pound...
...Class Album has never been one of the strongest organizations in the College. It usually has amounted to an uninteresting collation of three years of sports, a huge, incredibly dull section of individual picture and not much else. The man who gets stuck the editor's job must either be a genius at getting things-done or write it-himself...
Nominees wishing to run must file formal acceptances, brief biographies, and pictures at the Council office in Phillips Brooks House before 5 p.m. Wednesday. Other aspirants must also hand in a petition with at least 25 signatures at the same time...