Word: wellesley
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Lieut. General Arthur Wellesley, one day in 1809, stood in Spain and surveyed the ragged levies sent him for his Peninsular campaign against the French. "I don't know what effect these men will have on the enemy," said the man who was to go down in history as the Duke of Wellington, "but, by God, they frighten...
...would have it, they frightened the French too-right back across the Pyrenees, after one of the most brilliant campaigns of modern times. Not long afterward, Napoleon was sent packing for good. General Wellesley got his dukedom and his niche in history. The rank & file, according to a custom old when Joshua fought the battle of Jericho, got their prize money-and a muster into oblivion. Yet destiny for once had preserved a rich archive of the forgotten...
...give us a hand with this one, huh Vag?" said one of the other car pushers. "We have to be in Wellesley in half an hour...
...Throwing his weight behind the car as the driver gunned the motor, Vag was immediately enveloped in a cloud of oily black exhaust. But he clung valiantly to his post and the car edged slowly into the middle of the street. Long after the others had zoomed off to Wellesley, Vag was still standing in the empty parking space, coughing carbon monoxide and shaking another load of snow off his pants...
...evening ripped along. Two student-type males moved into a table across from us with two Wellesley type girls. Their order, two scotches and two cokes, was taken. The men lit cigars and Jeaned back while the girls beat frantically on the table. A pert female photographer saw them and invitingly addressed the leader of the repp-tied party. "How about a picture, sonny?" He picked up his drink, took a careful swallow, and consulted the group. "Sure, baby, sure," he said...