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Those honored are: Richard F. Athey, Fred F. Berry, Jr., Woodford L. Flowers, Harry B. French, Donald W. Graham, Bradford K. Kroha, John J. Nevin, Warner F. Rankin, Jr., Starr F. Schlobohm, Harry A. Sidles, Roland L. Sundstrom, Allen R. Warrington, John R. Yarnell. None are Harvard graduates...
...seats in the House of Commons. Clement Attlee and Winston Churchill were both re-elected last week in "safe" constituencies, but as ordinary M.P.s, not as prospective Prime Ministers. Of Great Britain's 34,915,112 registered voters, only those in Churchill's own constituency of Woodford voted for or against him personally. A man becomes leader of his party not by the public's decision, and not by a party convention, but by vote of the fellow members of his party in Parliament. Under the British constitution, the leader of the party which wins a majority...
From Liverpool, Winnie popped down to Woodford, his constituency in Essex. Sporting a square bowler and an eight-inch cigar, he drove through roars of "Good Old Winnie," halting at street corners to scribble autographs, pat children's heads and deride the Socialists' "ill-natured criticism of the Americans." He tells the voters: "We make no promises of easier conditions in the immediate future. Too much harm has been done." His biggest appeal: he reminds Britons of national greatness. Workers, cheering a Churchill appearance while still resolved to vote Labor, often explain: "Winnie's above politics...
...Harvard boys eat it up." Demand is fairly steady for all magazines; students and professors take about fifty copies of each issue, though a striking cover can attract several hundred buyers. Among the pocket-size books there are a few best-sellers, such as the novels of Jack Woodford and a book called "I, the Jury." "That's just been banned," a Brother said. We've been selling that out for years, and all of a sudden they banned...
...spinster, the Liberal Party," he said, and the House tittered. Lady Megan Lloyd George, 47-year-old Liberal spinster, blushed and laughed with embarrassment. Other M.P.s, with mock gallantry, cried: "Withdraw!" But Attlee went right on. "I can never make out," he said, "whether the Right Honorable Member for Woodford [Churchill's constituency] is going to play Petruchio or Romeo. He gives her a slap in the face, then offers her a bunch of flowers...