Word: winstone
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Three cheers for Margaret Thatcher and the people of Great Britain, who, in the spirit of Winston Churchill, have come to our side in this hour of challenge to the U.S. and NATO...
...Winston Churchill is duly eulogized as Britain's savior; but Beaton also observes "his feminine hands with the pointed nails and ringers" and the cracks in his patent-leather shoes. He also records the great man's uncensored political comments. Speaking about the Nazi war criminals, then on trial in Nuremberg, Churchill was typically direct. "Bump 'em off," he growled, "but don't prolong the agony." Evelyn Waugh, an old enemy from school days, receives the worst treatment, and for a telling reason. "In our own way we were both snobs," Beaton admits, "and no snob...
Holt, Rinehart & Winston; 194 pages...