These days, he often cites William Manchester, a former marine and a Second World War veteran, who has written biographies of Winston Churchill and General Douglas MacArthur.

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William Manchester's "The Glory and the Dream, " a social history of midcentury America, made a big impression on him, as did several lesser-known movies from the 1950s and '60s.

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"The Last Victorian, " about Churchill, is actually a review of the first volume of William Manchester's biography of Winston Churchill and is by far the most interesting and acute sketch.

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Her admirers included Churchill, who said she was his favorite star according to biographer William Manchester, and Anne Frank, who had Durbin's photo pasted on the wall in the secret quarters where she and her family hid in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.

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Her fans included Winston Churchill, who said she was his favorite star according to biographer William Manchester, and Anne Frank, who had Durbin's photo pasted on the wall in the secret quarters where she and her family hid in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.

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Mr Coles said that Paddington Academy in London and William Hulme Grammar School in Manchester, also run by United Learning, would share leadership of the initiative to provide initial teacher training for 50 students from September this year and some 200 trainee teachers the following year.

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