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...going to "patronize" the British. "Hell, we don't have to pat each other on the back all the time. If I try to sell them anything it will be the validity of basic American ideas." His ideas about his mission are firm. Years ago, in grammar school, he memorized Little Breeches, by his hero, Ambassador to Britain John Hay, the last lines of which he still likes to quote...
When a diplomat once asked Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin what his foreign policy really was, Bevin replied: "To go down to Victoria Station, get a railway ticket and go where the hell I like without a passport or anything else...
Tommy Manville took care of his briefly missing eighth wife as soon as she returned home (on their first anniversary) by having her thrown in jail for disorderly conduct. "The minute she got in she started raising hell," he complained. Two days later she was given a suspended ten-day jail sentence, put on probation for six months, and ordered to stay out of the playboy's house...
...onlooker mumbled: "Hell, he used to clear the decoys, and plunk 16 feet from shore." One-third of the way across, Shed's black head turned at a whistle from Bakewell to get directions. He entered the cattails just six feet from where the mallard was hidden, sniffed for a second, found his bird. A few minutes later, Shed did it again, and won his third U.S. championship. His owner, who once turned down $10,000 for him, will collect almost that much next year from Shed's stud fees. Said an admiring voice in the gallery...
Thus, when asked how it felt to be pushed out of U.A., David was able to cry: "Pushed, hell, I jumped...