Word: typescripts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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With uncompromising pride of authorship, Windsor then rewrote the typescript drafts, fiddling endlessly with every word, frequently chucking out sentences or words suggested by Murphy because "I don't talk like that." The Duke worked in his shirtsleeves ("I can't think in my coat"), with six pipes close at hand. At the start, he rarely settled down to work until 11:30 a.m., and he generally broke; up the afternoon for such engagements as golf with Leopold of the Belgians. At the end, he was on a strict 9-to-6 regimen...
...mature in blue examination books in June. Spring brings plans for summer jobs, plans which are recorded in letters starting: "I am interested in obtaining . . ." Spring brings plans for commencement, plans which wind up in the neat hand-lettered Old English of a diploma, or the equally neat typescript of a letter from a dean. Spring brings plans for the drive to Wellesley along Route 16, plans which are never written down at all. Spring is a plan and a hope, a fresh start, a clean slate, a new lease on life. Spring is the season for dreaming...