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...sick of the war and don't care how it ends or what happens to the men waging it. A visitor recently hazarded a guess that the American public was not so much sick of the war itself as sick of stalemate. A regimental chaplain who heard this remark said in answer: "If I could believe that, and could say it to these men with real conviction, it would do wonders...
...Churchill started to stride out of the House. "Is it in order to boo a member of this House?" he demanded truculently. A scathing Scottish voice gave his answer: "What else can you say to a goose?" Now came cries from the Tory side, demanding the withdrawal of the remark. But Churchill said: "I do not in the least mind being called a goose...
Athletes and cheerleaders contacted by the Globe greeted the remark with mixed reactions...
...Speaking of the successful Allard J-2 competition model, Stein says "130 mph is claimed but I wouldn't know." Actually the Allard's performance is 110 mph and accurate test figures on it are available. In many instances the plain lack of research is sloughed off with a remark like "the braking (is) all you could hope to expert." Any accurate comparison of the ears becomes impossible...
...Americans don't have the guts to be bullfighters." This remark, tossed off in a Mexico City café, infuriated a young poster artist with flaming red hair and a temper to match. He flared back: "Americans have more guts in their little fingers than the rest of the world put together!" To make good his boast, Brooklyn-born Sidney Franklin had to learn enough about bullfight technique to get through a face-saving appearance with yearling bulls at a rancho in the country. That was back in 1922, and with time off for wars, revolutions and surgical operations...