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...that they cannot insist upon sewing too fine a seam in doing it. To put it another way and quite simply, the United Kingdom has its back to the wall in its Spartan efforts to climb out of the slough of despond, and there is no use crying over spilt milk; whilst, if they are but allowed in their own way to put the best face on it they can, the country must eventually be able to stand again on its own bottom, though we cannot expect to let them eat cake and have it too. A remarkably clear statement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Plain as Nose Above Water | 4/22/1957 | See Source »

They pledged there would be no recriminations over spilt milk on either side and Eisenhower called British-American friendship the core of any free world alliance...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Hammarskjold Says Israel Must Leave Negeb Before Using Suez; Ike, Macmillan Reach Agreement | 3/22/1957 | See Source »

Ballet of One. "It was our good fortune," the writer recalls, "to witness the most unpredictable of ballets, a dance of dedicated ferocity, the grave elaboration of a magic rite. In the hodgepodge of paint tubes by the hundreds, of brushes as long as halberds, of spilt oil cans, Mathieu, demiurge of destiny, summoned onto his canvas in a few hours (exactly the time taken by the fighting) first the army of the King of France . . . then the armies of the coalition; above there spurted onto the canvas splashes of larger characters and many colors, used for their own sake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Fox of Paris | 3/7/1955 | See Source »

...Crimson's ability to stay within reach of the Eagles. Flynn, with a total of 24 saves to D'Eatremont's 27, left the crease seven times during the game to grab a loose puck away from reaching B.C. sticks.Boston College goalie CHUCK D'ENTREMONT does the spilt to save a shot off the stick of Crimson defenseman DOGU MANCHESTER in the second period of last night's game at the Boston Garden. Manchester is closely covered by an unidentified Eagle player...

Author: By Bruce M. Reeves, | Title: Crimson Sextet Overtaken in Last Period, Dropping Hard-Fought Contest to BC, 4-3 | 12/11/1954 | See Source »

...Police Spilt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mulvihill Will Not Seek Top HUERA Post Again | 1/30/1953 | See Source »

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