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Once in chronological order by chapters, his papers are set in type as a rough working draft. Galleys in hand, Churchill then dictates to secretaries who work in relays, filling in his transitions, anecdotes and explanations. Two are always on call for odd-hours dictation: in the 45-minute drive from London to Chartwell he may reel off 800 words of text. (But sometimes he labors for hours over a paragraph.) A man of enormous vitality, he may dictate as early as 8 a.m. and as late...
...adapting it, alternating his narrative with flashbacks which he calls The Time Machine, and with choruses of the men's tediously cloacal comments. By some alchemy, his book moves and lives despite the similarity of the biographies (quarreling parents, first sexual experience, unhappy marriage, pretty good job, the draft), its too great length, and the narrow political bias of the views set forth...
...draft-UMT bill will become law in from three weeks to a month, Senator Leverett Saltonstall '14 predicted over the weekend...
...explained that the Senate draft plan, differing from the Andrews bill of the House, would provide for one year of training for 18-year-olds through an organized reserve, as well as a regular draft for men 19 through...
Veterans with from 3 to 13 months service would be exempt from the draft, but would have to sign up in the reserves, Saltonstall continued. He stressed the fact that these provisions have not yet been whipped into a final bill by the Committee...