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...instance I worked on a British field near here on the runway making repairs, and had as my commander on that job a group captain in the R.A.F. His family was 'in trade' in England, and his brother owns a pub in London. For my money he is the finest gentleman I've met over here in any army. There was not any rank between us; it was man-to-man on that job. But the men under him, the little civil servants in his command, were as near to perfect examples...
Secret of Contentment. In a prosperous riverside pub, The Anchor, Texan Dobie spent many hours "when darkness came early," swapping countryside legend and philosophy. There he would find at a corner table cronies like Horner, who ran away to sea at the age of 13, inveighing bitterly against politicians, against women "because they spend their lives making men think that unessential things, like furniture, napkins, sheets and silver plate, are essential," or "the blasted superficiality and bogus pretence of education." There were also the medico from a High land regiment with his Cornish remedy for colds ("Hang a boot over...
This week, as a supplement to its May issue, FORTUNE pub lishes an analysis of Dumbarton Oaks by a group of TIME, LIFE and FORTUNE editors. The gist...
Tommy Farr, battle-scarred, iron-jawed, onetime British heavyweight boxing champion, who stayed on his feet for 15 rough-house rounds with Joe Louis in 1937 got smacked with a $45 fine in a British court for breaking the nose of a naval cadet in a pub brawl. Farr pleaded self-defense, said the cadet had referred to him as a "third-rate fighting punk...
...play is not, as billed, "Owen Wingrave." It was originally called "The Saloon," and that title has apparently been dropped because of the American interpretation of that word. In England, where James wrote the play, a saloon is a large drawing room; one drinks his intoxicating liquor at the pub...