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...first reading it seemed an obituary to a living person; on second study it was a powerful and ringing tribute to a man who did his duty, come hell or high water but who, when action was no longer needed, could not carry through measures that might well have forestalled much of today's slaughter and destruction...
...Lampoon fire was held last night at 10:44 P.M. J. Robertson Ward, head of the House of Ibis, presided at the ceremony, held during the course of a conference purportedly called for the purpose of plotting the recapture of Leros, lost recently by the British. Just what the hell anyone wants with an island populated by queer women was not explained...
...Should Have Been Elated." "After an indefinable time I saw a faint light. . . . I turned toward it, then away again, as I decided it was a star. . . . Finally I said, 'What the hell,' and started flying toward it. After what must have been 15 minutes, I determined that it was two searchlights weaving back and forth-The Field! I should have been elated, I guess, but by this time I must have been too beaten out. I was just sort of relieved...
...Flying toward the lights, I suffered the worst vertigo I have ever experienced. . . . After landing, I bawled hell out of the mech in a loud voice even after he told me it wasn't his plane. Upon entering Operations, I pointed my finger at Colonel Blank, and told him I flew back alone with no instruments and never should have arrived by the books. . . . I sure was mad and I felt as though I had to tell somebody. I had a hard time keeping myself from talking long and loud. After I gave my report to Intelligence...
...strange pair in British public life have been Mephistophelean Lord Beaverbrook, 64, nominally Tory, and the editor of his deft, double-edged Evening Standard: Michael Foot, 30, cold, keen and Left. The Beaver has a weakness for tough guys, likes raising hell, hates softness in any form. Mike Foot hates old-line Tories. Last week the two deftly altered their two-year-old official relationship and deftly left their unofficial partnership untouched...