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...schoolgirl in Boston, over 50 years ago, we wanted to use the name "Jabberwock" for a new school paper. We wrote to the Reverend Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) to ask his permission. He replied that we might use the name, then said that "wock" was an old Anglo-Saxon word meaning "the result of," and we all knew the meaning of "jabber," therefore the paper would be the result of much excited discussion. He also said he would like to subscribe...
...Winston Churchill packed up for a month's visit to Russian hospitals. Outstanding stop: Rostov-on-the-Don, where her Red Cross Aid to Russia fund will equip two 500-bed hospitals as memorials to united Anglo-Soviet sacrifices...
...distant countries ever get the right idea about each other? One way would be through the cinema. In Britain last week such a film was released-perhaps the best single contribution to Anglo-American understanding in recent years...
...London Daily Telegraph chimed in: "The 'First Canadian Army' has become a misleading title." It suggested that "Anglo-Canadian Army" would be better...
Versailles had provided for the occupation of only some 5% of Germany's territory, which made effective control of German disarmament virtually impossible. Now limited Anglo-American experience in western Germany-and Russian experience in eastern Germany-seems to indicate that Germans cannot be relied on to administer Germany in the interests of peace and stability. So Yalta provided for inter-Allied administration of Germany for some time, and regional Allied control...