Word: friendlies
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Back on three packs a day of readymades when he was Army Chief of Staff, Ike abruptly gave up smoking in 1947, told a friend his method was simple: "Just don't feel sorry for yourself...
Churchill quickly found good use for his old friend and adversary. He appointed Halifax Ambassador to Washington, a mission, Churchill said, "as momentous as any that the monarchy has entrusted to an Englishman in the lifetime of the oldest of us." The U.S., still worried about foreign entanglements,' did not at first look kindly upon the towering lord from overseas. He rode to hounds in Pennsylvania, was pelted with eggs in Detroit ("Fortunate people," he smiled, "to be able to use eggs for such a purpose"). He traveled through every state in the union bearing his message: "All help...