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...animals (to his white pigeons he had tiny flutes fastened, which whistled musically as they flew), worked when he felt like it at sculpture, writing, painting. La Napoule's villagers regarded his wealth, his largesse and his talent with open admiration; celebrities from far and near beat a path to his door...
...Channel to Le Havre, turned due south. At nine o'clock eight more squadrons of medium Hampden and Battle bombers left England to touch the French coast near the mouth of the Somme, pass west of Paris. At eleven two more squadrons of heavy bombers followed the path of the first. By noon some 150 English warplanes, carrying 400 men, were hovering over France; heavy bombers had passed the steel mills of Bordeaux, toward which other squadrons were speeding; medium bombers had circled Orleans, passed Le Mans on their way back to Cherbourg and home...
Purred back appeased Appeaser Lord Londonderry, longtime friend of Nazi Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop: "[I wish Mr. Churchill] were a member of the Government this moment." With a scrape heard round the world the Conservatives thus made Puss Churchill a path to a place by the fire, and politicos with second sight could already see Winston Churchill snuggled into a reorganized Chamberlain Cabinet, probably as First Lord of the Admiralty, the post he filled brilliantly during the World War. In any case, with this great reconciliation a united Conservative Party could brave not only the perils of German aggression...
Among the more unusual professions selected are: psychiatry, restaurant managing, promotion, vocal aptitude testing, aviation, lithography, yacht building, exporting, neuro-surgery, and planning. One man has elected to follow the tortuous path of chiropody...
...wisely felt the probationary period before final decision on permanent appointment to be too long and by the elimination of one academic rank they hoped to provide the lucky few with security at an earlier age. At the same time, they wished to set the others on the job-path before any lasting damage had been dealt their careers. But recognizing the dangers of applying its proposals too hastily, they worried: "Although some of the Committee's suggestions could . . . be put into operation at once, others could not . . . without unfairness both to the University and to individuals who have been...