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| 1. | Caryl, born 1938, English playwright and feminist theorist. |
| 2. | John, 1st Duke of Marlborough, (“Corporal John”), 1650–1722, British military commander. |
| 3. | Lord Randolph (Henry Spencer), 1849–95, British statesman (father of Winston L. S. Churchill). |
| 4. | Winston, 1871–1947, U.S. novelist. |
| 5. | Sir Winston (Leonard Spencer), 1874–1965, British statesman and author: prime minister 1940–45, 1951–55; Nobel prize for literature 1953. |
| 6. | Mount, a mountain in S Alaska, in the Wrangell Mountains. 15,638 ft. (4766 m). |
| 7. | a river in Canada, flowing NE from E Saskatchewan through Manitoba to Hudson Bay. ab. 1000 mi. (1600 km) long. |
| 8. | Also called Churchill River. Formerly, Hamilton River. a river in SW Labrador, Newfoundland, in E Canada, flowing SE and N through Lake Melville to the Atlantic Ocean. ab. 600 mi. (965 km) long. |
| 9. | a seaport and railway terminus in NE Manitoba, on Hudson Bay at the mouth of this river. 1700. |
| Churchill, Winston 1871-1947. American writer known for his popular historical romance novels, such as Richard Carvel (1899). |
Winston Churchill
American author of historical novels of wide popularity.
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