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Lover’s Quarrels and Concord: A Farewell Address

I love Winston Churchill stories. One of my favorites is the one that concerns the Dutch prime minister in exile during the Second World War. He f led to England after the Nazi invasion and soon after his arrival, there was a meeting arranged with Sir Winston Churchill in a London hotel. Churchill had already become legendary. The Dutch ambassador, when Sir Winston entered the hotel lobby, became f lustered and his grasp of English was none too certain; so…
Paul Fries
November 16, 2006