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  First World War.com - Who's Who - Sir Winston Churchill
Churchill's career was anything but predictable: he supported the Zionist movement in Palestine (1921-22), during the Abdication crisis (1926) he was loyal to Edward VIII, and during the 1945 election campaign he tried to brand Labour as a totalitarian party.
In 1924 Churchill was elected to Parliament, and appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Churchill's defence of the gold standard earned him the wrath of the economist John Maynard Keynes, who saw the policy as the cause of deflation, unemployment, and even the General Strike of 1926.
www.firstworldwar.com /bio/churchill.htm   (1473 words)

  
 Winston Churchill
Churchill lived a long life and one probably richer in experience than most in the course of human history.
Churchill will probably be remembered most fondly for his iron will and tenacity, and his fearless courage in the most difficult of circumstances.
Churchill was first elected to parliament in 1900, shortly before the death of Queen Victoria.
www.twilightbridge.com /icons1/winstonchurchill.htm   (1355 words)

  
 9news.com | News | Churchill remains defiant, defends views   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Churchill told the crowd that one phrase in thousands of pages of research has been misinterpreted and misunderstood and blown way out of proportion.
Churchill said Tuesday this reference was a rhetorical device to illustrate his point and that he was not blaming all victims of the terrorist attacks.
Churchill defended his underlying message that the Sept. 11 attacks were not senseless, as some have described, but a calculated response to years of U.S. abuses abroad.
www.9news.com /acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=f3fcd191-0abe-421a-01bc-e9a296571d1f&TEMPLATEID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf   (858 words)

  
 GI -- World War II Commemoration
Churchill took a leading part in laying the foundations of the welfare state in Britain, in preparing the Royal Navy for World War I, and in settling the political boundaries in the Middle East after the war.
Churchill was made to take the responsibility, and when a coalition government was formed in May 1915, the Conservatives made it a condition that he should be dropped as first lord of the admiralty.
Churchill's task was to inspire resistance at all costs, to organize the defense of the island, and to make it the bastion for an eventual return to the continent of Europe, whose liberation from Nazi tyranny he never doubted.
www.grolier.com /wwii/wwii_churchill.html   (3310 words)

  
 Jenkins, Roy: Churchill, A Biography - The Churchill Centre
Churchill’s comment to King George V that there are "idlers and wastrels at both ends of the social ladder" not only reflected a complex relationship with the Royal Family, it also said much about his views on Britain’s social structure.
Jenkins analyzes Churchill’s tactical errors with regard to the Committee of Privileges and subsequently to the House of Commons after Hoare and Derby were exonerated.
Churchill’s appraisal of Eisenhower was hostile; he had a guarded ease of relationship with Roosevelt; for Truman he probably had the most respect of the three Presidents.
www.winstonchurchill.org /i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=486   (1856 words)

  
 Eliot A. Cohen on Winston Churchill & War on National Review Online
In the case of Churchill the critique is particularly interesting, because it goes not only to the question of the character and personality of the British leader but to the essence of the activity in which he engaged — the creation of strategy.
Churchill's own World War II memoirs, appearing shortly after the war and bolstered by large quantities of official documents, held the field for many years in shaping popular as well as scholarly understanding of the war.
Churchill's critics, both contemporary and subsequent, hold a common view of the central flaw in his makeup as a statesman: instability.
www.nationalreview.com /comment/comment-cohen061702.asp   (2447 words)

  
 1945: Action This Day - The Churchill Centre
Churchill was compelled to deal with some of the very people he had so opposed in 1919.
Churchill reminded the overseas troops that there was "no truth that you can vote Labour or Liberal without voting against me." As grateful as they were, many people expressed concern that the great war leader would not be a good peace leader.
Churchill responded that "Communism is a religion" in that "they were using any means to gain an end." Churchill approved of concerted UK, USA and Canada action and asked King to do all he could to keep the United States and Great Britain together.
www.winstonchurchill.org /i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=225   (2861 words)

  
 Retirement Residences REIT - Churchill Place Retirement Residence
Located in one of the most charming areas of picturesque downtown Oakville, Churchill Place is small enough to be intimate yet large enough to offer all the best amenities and services.
At Churchill Place, we can provide the service to fill your retirement years with comfort, security and peace of mind.
Churchill Place offers the comfort and privacy of "protected" independence, freeing you from daily chores yet ensuring that assistance is readily available whenever it is required.
www.retirementresidencesreit.com /churchillplace   (326 words)

  
 Rocky Mountain News: Local
Churchill agreed that "portions" of Cohen's 1991 essay, which was published in a book of essays he compiled, also appeared in the 1992 version he worked on.
Churchill was referring to a report that Cohen's university sent to the CU officials investigating him on charges of research misconduct.
She said she remembers Churchill working on the fishing rights essay and "from what I recall, he had a preliminary or pilot paper he worked off of." She said she couldn't recall if the original paper was Cohen's.
www.rockymountainnews.com /drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_3836139,00.html   (2792 words)

  
 HoodaThunk?: Churchill firing up his spin machine
Right on cue, Ward Churchill responds to the investigatory board looking into the allegations of plagiarism and lying about his Indian heritage.
Ward Churchill, who first came under fire for an essay comparing Sept. 11 victims to the Nazi bureaucrat who planned the Holocaust, offered a 50-page, single-spaced report to a university committee investigating the allegations.
Churchill's lawyer hauls out that thoroughly debunked membership card again showing he's an associate member of a tribe that has completely denied he's one of theirs.
hoodathunk.blogspot.com /2005/05/churchill-firing-up-his-spin-machine.html   (699 words)

  
 Rocky Mountain News: Local   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Churchill tells his readers that the Army gathered blankets from a smallpox infirmary in St. Louis, shipped them to Fort Clark and deliberately distributed them among the Mandan as a way to spread the lethal disease.
Churchill also has said on several occasions that a "post surgeon" or an "Army doctor" told the Indians to take refuge in their home communities - which he alleges helped spread the disease - and that the military locked away the vaccine that could have saved Indian lives.
Ward Churchill says that the U.S. Army spread the disease as a weapon of genocide, but numerous historical accounts put the blame on an infected traveler on a steamboat bound for the fort, which was a trading post, not a military installation.
rockymountainnews.com /drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_3833539,00.html   (4973 words)

  
 The Washington Monthly
I disagree with the notion that Churchill is a "nutjob".
Churchill clearly has an axe to grind, which is fine, and he brings up some very good points, but he's a shitty writer who is apparently more interested in provoking outrage than a more rational or even nuanced discussion.
the churchill incident should not be judged for what he did or did not say, but rather for the way in which the guy is ripped to shreds in the press, forced to resign his chair position, and the massive pressure being applied to get him fired outright.
www.washingtonmonthly.com /archives/individual/2005_02/005595.php   (15281 words)

  
 Yellow Springs News Online
Churchill on our campus, it is clear to me, would destabilize our campus community, divide us, and draw down our energy.
Churchill, a professor of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder, who has written more than a dozen books, is in the midst of an ideological firestorm.
Churchill resigned as chair of the ethnic studies department on Jan. 31, saying in a letter to the school’s dean that the current political climate has rendered him a liability to his department and university, according to several online sources.
www.ysnews.com /stories/2005/02/021705_Churchillout.html   (866 words)

  
 Goebbels on Churchill (1941)
Churchill does not need to perfect it, as it is one of the familiar tactics of British politics, known to the entire world.
Churchill in particular, one could see that the London plutocrats had no problem lying to high heaven during the war.
Churchill keeps saying that England is in a good position, and he is not in any way influenced by contrary facts.
www.calvin.edu /academic/cas/gpa/goeb29.htm   (1442 words)

  
 Smithsonian Journeys Featured Article: The House That John Built   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Churchills themselves (or at least their wives) have at times denounced Blenheim Palace as the "dump" and "that wild, unmercifull house," and with good reason.
Winston Churchill, one of the greatest heroes of the 20th century, was born at Blenheim, the grandson of a duke, and he got his sense of destiny there.
It turned out that the Churchills’ own staff now tell these tales as gleefully as anyone, if only to give the 250,000 or so tourists who troop through each year good value for the $14 price of admission.
www.smithsonianmag.si.edu /journeys/01/feb01/feature_full_page_1.html   (496 words)

  
 Rupert Brooke's Obituary in The Times
Joyous, fearless, versatile, deeply instructed, with classic symmetry of mind and body, ruled by high undoubting purpose, he was all that one would wish England's noblest sons to be in the days when no sacrifice but the most precious is acceptable, and the most precious is that which is most freely proffered.
While Churchill's eulogy helped further the Brooke mystique, his superlatives worked both ways and likewise helped doom Brooke's reputation by overpraising his "war sonnets" and overvaluing his (supposed) selfless example and sacrifice.
We shall not see his like again." With the Gallipoli landings taking place at the very moment he was writing Brooke's obituary, Churchill was also "comfort[ing] "those who watch[ed] so intently from afar" For one, Prime Minister Asquith whose son Arthur (Oc) was part of the RND.
www.lib.byu.edu /~english/WWI/poets/rbobituary.html   (646 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Churchill voted greatest Briton
Former Northern Ireland Secretary Dr Mo Mowlam put the case for Churchill in the last of six BBC documentaries this week, provoking a late surge of support for him.
In third place was Diana, Princess of Wales.
Churchill had been even-money favourite with bookmaker William Hill to win the contest, with Diana at 6-1 and Brunel at 20-1.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/entertainment/2509465.stm   (379 words)

  
 PirateBallerina - Oh, Grow Up!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Ward Churchill's attorney, David Lane, and KHOW's Craig Silverman are scheduled to appear on Fox News' "Big Story Weekend" this evening at 10pm Eastern.
Shanley said the Churchill case requires the expertise of Native American scholars and, she added, she is disappointed Johansen and Williams - who she called two of the most respected scholars available - decided not to participate.
Churchill's attorney, David Lane, said it would be difficult to find experts in Churchill's area of study who have never commented one way or the other about the controversial professor.
www.pirateballerina.com /index.php   (3158 words)

  
 Some People Push Back
To the contrary, there is every reason to expect that there are many other teams in place, tasked to employ altogether different tactics in executing operational plans at least as well-crafted as those evident on September 11, and very well equipped for their jobs.
Churchill is a Professor of Ethnic Studies and Coordinator of American Indian Studies.
If, like me, you are offended by Professor Churchill's misrepresentation of one of George Lucas' most compelling and memorable characters, please join me in petitioning the CU Board of Regents in favor of Dr. Churchill's dismissal.
www.kersplebedeb.com /mystuff/s11/churchill.html   (5395 words)

  
 1 Churchill Place, London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The height of 1 Churchill Place is 161.54m AOD (Above Ordnance Datum).
Height AGL (Above Ground Level) is 156.4m when measured from the dockside flanking three sides of the building and 151.24m when measured from the Churchill Place entrance.
1 Churchill Place was the first skyscraper erected in London after the attack on New York's the World Trade Center in 2001.
www.emporis.com /en/wm/bu?id=134307   (243 words)

  
 FrontPage magazine.com :: The Churchill Doctrine by Daniel Mandel
Until his moment arrived in 1940, Churchill was frequently dismissed even within his own party as an imperialist adventurer with baroque ambitions, a throwback to an earlier epoch, an author of military debacles out of touch with a supposedly emergent world of international comity.
Hitler decried encirclement and claimed a place in the sun as a passport to dominating a continent and perhaps the world.
In confronting assorted totalitarianisms, Churchill and his disciples have been subjected to charges of warmongering that have not been confined to their totalitarian opponents alone.
www.frontpagemagazine.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=16766   (1518 words)

  
 Urban Legends Reference Pages: History (Winston Churchill)
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
The claim that British prime minister "Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room at a dance" has been circulating on Internet-based trivia lists for as long as we can remember.
And the room where the birth took place wasn't a ladies' room at all but ordinary living quarters temporarily pressed into service as a cloakroom, as can be seen in photographs of Blenheim Palace.
www.snopes.com /history/world/churchill.asp   (1299 words)

  
 Chance Thoughts
The principal figures he examines in some detail are Churchill, Kafka, and Newton; and since I find Churchill the most compelling, I'll recap some of Storr's essay while inserting my own thoughts and biases.
Storr takes the approach that a "depressive nature" and feeling unloved goes hand in hand, and that Churchill's thinking he was unloved was a reasonable supposition, given his parents' neglect and disinterest.
Step Two in Churchill's journey to leadership was compensatory, i.e., "If I can't be loved, I'll find a way to be admired." Another name for this decision is ambition, and the P.M's was apparently legendary.
www.mhsource.com /exclusive/chanceth0196.html   (564 words)

  
 Modern History Sourcebook: Winston S. Churchill: The Battle of Omdurman, 1898
He placed the Jaalin, who were practically the only trustworthy men in his force, in reserve, and formed the tribes according to their capabilities and prejudices.
And this distance was further increased by the fact that while he was moving west, to assume his place in correct echelon, the other five brigades were drawing of to the southward.
But the moving of wounded men is a painful and delicate affair, and by a stupid and grievous mistake the three regular hospital barges, duly prepared for the reception of the wounded, had been towed across to the right bank.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/mod/1898churchill-omdurman.html   (18901 words)

  
 Ward Churchill and the "smallpox blankets story"
Yet, this small town in Western Massachusetts and Lord Jeffrey Amherst are in the news, because of a concerted reactionary effort to remove Ward Churchill from a tenured professorship at the University of Colorado.
The Ward Churchill case is an excellent example of why democracy for the white trash in not a good thing.
Even the quote of Churchill from the McCarthyists' beloved paper(5) shows that Churchill himself did not say the documentary evidence for the 1837 small pox infection was as good as for earlier biological warfare by white settlers.
www.etext.org /Politics/MIM/mn/sept112001/wardchurchillamherst.html   (1537 words)

  
 Rocky Mountain News: Local
The year was 1837, the place was the Upper Missouri River Valley in present-day North Dakota, the disease was smallpox, and the effects on American Indians were devastating.
Numerous historical accounts put the blame in the same place - infected travelers on a steamboat bound for a trading post called Fort Clark who unwittingly spread the illness to several members of the Mandan tribe, unleashing an epidemic that decimated the region's indigenous population.
Vaughan and Churchill also address Churchill's citations on his work concerning the outbreak.
denver.rockymountainnews.com /news/churchill/indexDay2.shtml   (329 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Churchill Thanksgiving Turkey Multi Colours 20-Piece Dinnerware Set, Service for 4: Kitchen & Housewares   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Churchill, a British producer of tableware for more than 200 years, has thoughtfully created a pattern specifically for the celebration of the most food-focused of American family holidays--Thanksgiving--with a design transfer-printed from an early American copperplate engraving.
The Churchill Thanksgiving Turkey pattern offers a wide range of matching pieces such as coffee mugs, a cookie jar, a teapot, a creamer and a covered sugar bowl, as well as single place settings or individual setting pieces.
Churchill earthenware is safe for use in the microwave and freezer; however, avoid rapid temperature changes by allowing dishes to make gradual transitions.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002EXGGY?v=glance   (822 words)

  
 In Command of History by David Reynolds
Winston Churchill was one of the giants of the twentieth century.
We see how Churchill’s manuscripts were vetted by Whitehall to conceal secrets such as the breaking of the Enigma code by British spymasters at Bletchley Park, and how Churchill himself edited the volumes to avoid offending postwar statesmen such as Tito, Charles de Gaulle, and Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Exhaustively researched and dazzlingly written, this is a revelatory portrait of one of the world’s most profiled figures, a work by a historian in full command of his craft.
www.randomhouse.com /catalog/display.pperl?isbn=0-679-45743-7   (498 words)

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