April 17, 2015

Finest Hour 121, Winter 2003-04

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Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia was born in Suite 212 at Claridge’s Hotel in London, recalls the Los Angeles Times. “Yet for the heir to the throne ever to lay claim to his kingdom, just vacated by the Nazis, he had to be born on Yugoslav territory. Luckily for King Peter II and his wife, Princess Alexandra of Greece, Churchill came to the rescue, declaring the luxurious hotel room in central London a slice of Yugoslavia.” Can anyone confirm this?

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The originator of the campaign to recall California Governor Gray Davis, Congressman Darrell Issa, told CNN that one of the leading Republican contenders, Tom McClintock, had promised him months ago that he would abort his candidacy if it would split the Republican vote with Arnold Schwarzenegger. McClintock replied that Winston Churchill would call this Issa’s comment a “terminological inexactitude,” because the word “lie” was disallowed in parliamentary debate

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Straddling the fence? Authorities in Central India feted prominent personalities by naming 802 water tanks after them. Saddam Hussein, Bill Clinton, George Bush, Voltaire, Jawaharlal Nehru and Winston Churchill figure among the names given to water tanks in villages in Madhya Pradesh. Hitler, Mao and Stalin have thus far been passed over.

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Football mania comes every autumn to North America. Wisecracking Detroit Lions coach Steve Mariucci on Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Randy Moss: “You can’t stop him, you can only hope to contain him, huh? Who made that up, Winston Churchill?” Chris Dunford writes: “Worthl000.com is a website where very inventive people who obviously have too much time on their hands apply a digital magic to photographs, drawings, and paintings. Footballers might enjoy one entitled “Winston Ditka.” (Mike Ditka is a famous coach. We told you, we can’t get away from all this.)

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On the second anniversary of the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001, former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, whose leadership in the days after the attacks won him a place in many hearts, paraphrased Churchill to look forward: “Repair the waste. Rebuild the ruins. Heal the wounds. Crown the victors. Comfort the broken and broken-hearted. There is the battle we have now to fight. There is the victory we have now to win. Let us go forward together.”

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