Churchill, Winston

An English political leader and author of the twentieth century; he became prime minister shortly after World War II began and served through the end of the war in Europe . Churchill symbolized the fierce determination of the British to resist conquest by the Germans under Adolf Hitler . He forged a close alliance with Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States and Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union in opposition to Germany . Stunningly defeated in elections in 1945, he returned to office as prime minister for several years in the 1950s.

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Churchill's appearance was distinctive, with his bowler hat, cigars, portly frame, balding head, and two-finger “V for Victory” sign.

Churchill was known for his fine oratory. When he became prime minister, he said, “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.” Concerning the British airmen who fought in the Battle of Britain , he said, “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” He originated the phrase “ Iron Curtain .” As an author, he is especially remembered for two histories, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples and The Second World War .

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Nagrani started out selling socks with designs ranging from a shirt on Magnum, P.I. to Winston Churchill.

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I think he thought he could do like Winston Churchill did on The Second World War.

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But no contemporary exception is quite so striking, in breadth, variety, and quality, as the written work of Winston Churchill.

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Winston Churchill once said “An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile—hoping it will eat him last.”

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He even loves that Americans give second chances to failed politicians…invoking Winston Churchill.

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Mr. Winston Churchill: "Wrote a novel in his youth—like me!"

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It occurred to me that between us all we might bring about the naval holiday which Winston Churchill has proposed.

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We understand however that Mr. Winston Churchill is not to blame this time.

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A conservative lady, quite conscientious, was taken down to dinner by Winston Churchill.

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This charge against Mr. Winston Churchill's dentist is, in our opinion, most unkind.

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