Winston Churchill
Photo prise en avril 1944 en Angleterre du Premier ministre britannique Winston Churchill (C), du général américain David Eisenhower (G) et du lieutenant général américain Omar Bradley (D), utilisant de nouvelles carabines Winchester utilisées par l'armée américaine, lors d'une tournée d'inspection. Picture dated April 1944 showing British Prime minister Winston Churchill (C), US General David Eisenhower (C) and US Lieutenant general Omar Bradley (R) firing US Army Winchester carbines during an inspection tour in England.
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Interestingly, Winston Churchill and his cabinet were against it, as was the Archbishop of Canterbury. Churchill felt it would show too much riches and ermines and upper class kind of overbearingness which might be very bad PR — and the Archbishop of Canterbury thought the reverse: that letting cameras in would kill the mystery and the mystique of the monarchy.
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, failure isn't fatal and success isn't final, but we'll be all right. That was an opportunity to get some big-game experience against a big-game team. But we have good competition on film now. We know we have to clean some things up, but we'll get a whole lot out of this.
History has not spared Jawahar Lal Nehru, it did not spare Winston Churchill either. History will not spare even General V K Singh.More quotes »
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AP apologizes for firing reporter over WWII scoop
the AP, and then quietly fired.The problem: Kennedy had defied military censors to get the story out. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Harry Truman had agreed to suppress news of the capitulation for a day, in order to allow Russian dictator Read more »
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Witcover: Mitt Romney's presumption
proves he's up to the job, his specifics on how he'll succeed in running the public's business are still lacking. Winston Churchill 's famous observation that "this pudding has no theme" applies well to the substance of Romney's campaign so far. Its prime Read more »
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Aquascutum in peril as administrator moves in
-- Aquascutum, the venerable British fashion brand that has been worn by Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher , has been placed into administration.Administrator Geoff Rowley of FRP Advisory said Tuesday he hopes to find a buyer."We are conscious of the Read more »
Around the web
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Do you have a brain or not?
Winston Churchill once said that if you are not a liberal by time you are 20 years of age you have no heart. If you are not a conservative at 40 years of age you have no brain. If you are a liberal and are voting for President Obama, that makes you brain 6/1/12 from Belleville News-Democrat Read more »
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World › Queen Elizabeth's 60th anniversary party gets under way
Queen Elizabeth gets four days of celebrations to mark her 60 years on the British throne under way on Saturday with one of her favorite pastimes, a trip to the horse races, as tributes to the long-serving monarch pour in. Hundreds of thousands of people 6/1/12 from Japan Today Read more »
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Britain celebrates Diamond Jubilee
Winston Churchill was prime minister when she became queen, and David Cameron, who wasn't even born then, is Britain's leader now. Elizabeth herself has no political role. But her royal mystique, the centuries of history she embodies and her own discreet 6/1/12 from China Daily Read more »
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Rapist says he 'made a terrible mistake'
Law Court sign on the east side of the Edmonton Law Courts at 1A Sir Winston Churchill Square. TOM BRAID/EDMONTON SUN QMI AGENCY A man who grew up in an African family where his father had multiple wives was put behind bars Friday for sexually assaulting 6/1/12 from Edmonton Sun Read more »
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Her reign has seen the worst period of national decline in our history. Yet she will be judged one of our greatest monarchs
Momentous: Elizabeth ascended to the throne at the tender age of 25. Winston Churchill even remarked that she was 'only a child' On February 7, 1952, the night Elizabeth II stepped on to British soil for the first time as Queen, her Prime Minister Winsto 6/1/12 from Daily Mail - UK Read more »
