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...desert headquarters of the debonair Antipodean, Arthur Coningham (whose nickname "Mary" is corrupted from "Maoris," the name of the fierce New Zealand aborigines). He frequently pops into squadron posts and tells maintenance men to ask him questions. They take the Chief at his word: "When are we getting rid of this bloody antiquated lathe?" Air force men of one unit, not recognizing the coatless man who stopped by one morning, started kidding him about the regulation black tie he was wearing. Said Tedder: "Oh, I'm a headquarters bloke. You know how stuffy the Chief...
...believe in them and let us not be afraid to tell them the truth, though it may cost us something. Let us hope that the governments of the United States and Great Britain will have enough wisdom, foresight and courage to see this matter through. Let us get rid of meandering diplomacy so that we may not be called cowards by the great Eastern community of nations...
...other half of the U.T. program isn't its better half, either. Texans aren't going to like "Men of Texas," and everybody else is going to hate it. A lot of business about "those hot-blooded Texans gettin' rid of those damyankees" winds up, ironically enough, with Sam Houston appearing out of the clouds, and orating wildly with a lush New England accent. That'll give you a rough idea of what goes on for an hour and a quarter, Texas Standard Time. Broderick Crawford manages to portray a refreshingly different sort of villain, but aside from that--well...
...finally chased them away to the other side of a stream about a mile from here, and thought we were rid of them. Supposedly they can't cross water...
Laval said he had no intention of extending the anti-Jewish laws of his German masters (particularly the wearing of the yellow Star of David) to Unoccupied France. But he insisted: "No man and nothing can sway me from my determination to rid France of foreign Jews and send them back where they originated...