Word: winstone
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...received an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth for his leadership on Sept. 11 and its aftermath. But U.S. citizens, unlike subjects of the Commonwealth, don't kneel before the monarch, and so Rudy stayed upright. Giuliani received a silver cross and a star pin, but despite being compared to Winston Churchill during the blitz, he is not entitled to affix an official "Sir" before his name. Later he and his companion JUDITH NATHAN took in the sights and met Prime Minister Tony Blair. Visiting with members of Parliament, Giuliani offered some tips on how to combat London's rising crime...
...surprisingly hard to say. For someone who has dominated the U.S. media for months, Walker's identity remains markedly indistinct. He is, as both Woody Allen and Winston Churchill might say, a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. It's a public relations trick many professionals would love to pull off so well: we know so little about him - and we're left wanting to know everything...
...Adolf Hitler's and so worshipfully devoted to him that she shot herself in the head when Britain declared war on Germany (she survived with some brain damage; Hitler paid her German hospital bills). Jessica ("Decca"), a restless would-be communist, eloped with a cousin who was also Winston Churchill's nephew. She later moved to the U.S. and had great success with her muckraking book on the funeral industry, The American Way of Death...
...have to be that way, says Matthews proctor Jennifer K. Little: “If you build an atmosphere of mutual trust and friendship in the entryway, students will abide by the necessary rules out of a desire to avoid disappointing you.” Crystal Winston ’05, a member of Little’s proctor group, would agree. She finds that “as we grow closer, we become more conscious that our negative actions might affect each other, and that influences some of our decisions—perhaps makes us think twice...
...Barkley has emerged as the most entertaining talking head in sports broadcasting, displaying not just a distilled knowledge of the game but great television instincts too. Recognizing that TV abhors a vacuum, he keeps his mouth running constantly. What comes out is a mix of Yogi Berra neologisms and Winston Churchill drollery that has transformed the sports- highlights show into something accessible to both diehard hoop fans and the jock laity...