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...persuade Wilson that he could serve better in Washington than with G.E. Said he, after that hard decision was made: "It took me 40 years to climb to the presidency and 40 seconds to step out. . . . [But] I keep reminding myself that there's a war on. Hell's broke loose and I've got to do something about...
Before printing its series, the Seattle Times called Roscoe James Lamont, who is head of the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. yards where Magnuson worked. Lament hit the ceiling: "If you run those articles you will be raising more hell than any bunch of people in the city of Seattle. . . . Your whole God-damned bunch ought to be ashamed of yourselves. You are giving the company, the men and the war effort a stab in the back. How in the hell can you call yourselves Americans? . . . How the hell do you suppose the boys overseas will feel...
...traditional for the men of the House of Marlborough to marry pretty women, love the British Empire, dine well and raise hell in politics. Lord Randolph Churchill, father of Winston, had "force, caprice and charm." At times he also had bitter words for his colleagues in the House of Commons and blunt criticism of mismanaged government...
...ship's bow. In the opening Solomon Islands' sea battle Jap fleet units took a terrific pounding. To U.P. Reporter Joe James Custer the great balls of flame being volleyed back & forth over the blue court of the ocean turned the scene into "a tennis match in hell." Thrown back when they tried to regain a foothold on Guadalcanal Island, the Japanese were trapped by a counterattacking flanking force, the sea at their rear and U.S. forces covering the Tenaru river (see cut, p. 34). When U.S. tanks attacked, there was nothing for the Japs...
...tossed shells overboard. Two destroyers stood in against the Wakefield's sides and with a cruiser at the stern began taking on passengers who scrambled down landing nets. The bridge of one destroyer crunched against the huge transport's plates. The destroyer's captain yelled: "To hell with the bridge, hold...