Word: winstone
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...sense of security and gun sales soared. Whereas married women were long thought to be the constituency most sympathetic to new restrictions on guns, they were the group most supportive of allowing pilots to be armed in the cockpit, according to focus groups conducted by Republican pollster David Winston...
...George W. Bush most admires--his father and Winston Churchill--led their nations to military triumphs only to be tossed out of office by restless voters who wanted attention paid to the home front. At the moment, the President is on top of the world, a foreign policy neophyte who has two wars under his belt, a loser of the popular vote whose performance as President now wins the approval of more than 7 of 10 Americans. But voters are turning their attention away from Iraq just as Bush begins his quest for the validation that escaped...
Rarely have a man and a moment been so wonderfully matched as in May 1940, when Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of Britain. His ascension was improbable. Churchill spent the 1930s in the political wilderness, calling for rearmament against Germany and, on his return to government in 1939, was limited to control of the navy. But military disasters such as the Nazi seizure of Norwegian ports convinced the British public that Neville Chamberlain was not up to the job of fighting a war. By the night of May 8, after a stormy debate in the House of Commons, Chamberlain...
Most of the students in the UNLV program are over 50. One is retired home contractor Jack Winston, 68, who in his early 20s performed in off-Broadway plays. He gave up the actor's life when he married, had a family and needed a "real" job. After he retired and moved to Las Vegas, he started dabbling in local theater. Four years ago, he enrolled in classes at UNLV. "It's not only fun," he says, "but it's forcing me to use parts of myself that have lain dormant for years...
...list, we look back at the 1940s, when every day seemed to prove that humankind was capable of incredible achievement and endless horror. There were a multitude of unforgettable dates during the six years of World War II. On May 10, 1940, the British put a controversial hawk named Winston Churchill in power. The new Prime Minister's first bold decision was to order a retreat, organizing the nine-day evacuation of 340,000 British and French troops at Dunkirk that began on May 27. He then rallied his country, vowing England would never surrender...