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...fact that Arthur Wellesley's real remark was far less martial, and last week Eton's Headmaster, Robert Birley, produced his own version. After Waterloo, according to Birley, Wellington visited his old house at Eton, where boarders in his day had been looked after by a Mrs. Naylor. Asking to see a stream in the garden, the Iron Duke explained : "I really think I learned my spirit of adventure jumping over the big black ditch at the bottom of Mrs. Naylor's garden...
...solve itself in both U.S. and world markets. Oil demand in the U.S. alone is expected to rise from about 8.5 million to 14.3 million bbl. daily by 1966; the same men compute free-world demand by then at 28.5 million bbl. daily. In 20 years, says William L. Naylor, senior vice president of Gulf Oil Co., the demand for petroleum should increase at least 80%, and perhaps as much as 100%. Yet before oilmen can enjoy this long-term prosperity, they must first solve their short-term problems. The solution is not so much to caterwaul about imports...
Successor to Clement Attlee as leader of Britain's Labor Party and a future Prime Minister if Labor should return to power: Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell...
Grin & Bare It. In Dudley, England, the Rev. E.A.D. Naylor announced in his parish magazine that his own method of cheering up was to stand naked in front of a mirror, recommended it to others: "The sight of yourself in your birthday suit will soon make you see the funny side of life...
Last week, like some two million other hard-pressed British mothers, Lillian Naylor went to the local post office, presented her order book and signed her name. Promptly Wisbech's postmistress (Lillian's widowed sister) handed her ?2 15s. ($11)-the Naylor family's weekly allotment under the new plan. Other mothers collected five shillings for each of their children under 14 except the eldest...