At a legendary Delmonico's dinner arranged by Leonard Jerome, Winston Churchill's grandfather, each woman found a gold bracelet hidden in her napkin.
Last week during an arranged interview between STAR's president, Bruce Churchill, and Asiaweek's Alexandra A. Seno and Tim Healy at the company's headquarters in Hong Kong, Murdoch dropped by to sit in and listen.
In London, it was presented along with an assortment of objects purportedly related to famous individuals, such as Winston Churchill's cigar and a cushion from Sigmund Freud's office.
The funeral -- officially ceremonial rather than a state occasion in a distinction invisible to all but the most pedantic royal watcher -- was the first for a former prime minister and war leader since Winston Churchill's body was borne along the same route a generation ago.
Unlike the Duke of Wellington's ceremony, Churchill's took place just six days after he had died following a stroke, aged 90.
There have always been those who think Churchill's recurring melancholy could have been a symptom of mental illness.
"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.
One BBL Churchill client, a professional whose wife's income far outstrips his, says he tried shopping his prospective share of the marital assets to a number of hedge funds.
It is likely that the comment came from a memorandum written by one of Churchill's civil servants.
This is the story of how Winston Churchill fended off a nearly successful move by Britain's Foreign Secretary (Lord Halifax) to negotiate a peace with the Nazis.
It will be the first time the Queen has attended the funeral of a British prime minister since Sir Winston Churchill's in 1965.
This is the story of how Winston Churchill fended off a near-successful move by Britain's Foreign Secretary (Lord Halifax) to negotiate a peace with the Nazis.
Despite attempts to downplay his hot streak, Pitino's appearance for Wednesday's workout at Churchill Downs showed how much people like being around a winner.
Not long after, the "right guy" was asked about his travel plans for Oxbow, who's likely headed for the Belmont after a stop at Churchill Downs.
Yesterday I found the 68-year-old sitting on the porch of a property she's remodeling in Richmond's Churchill neighborhood.
Samuels's lawyers, QCs Churchill Neita and Delano Harrison, said an application for a judicial review had a "realistic chance of success".
Nearly 140 years later, more than 100, 000 people are expected to flock to Churchill Downs this weekend for a chance to be a part of America's oldest continuous sporting event.
In 1951, Winston Churchill became British prime minister for a second time, following his Conservative Party's narrow victory in general elections the previous day.
Decades ago, when I first began collecting books and letters by Sir Winston Churchill, she enthusiastically arranged a luncheon for me with one of New York's premier book dealers, who whetted my appetite by selling me, at bargain prices, several outstanding signed Churchill first editions.
Mallinder has seen his influence wane at Sharks since Philippe Saint-Andre's arrival as director of rugby, and he coached England A in the Churchill Cup.
Within nine days of Churchill's retirement Eden called an election for 26 May, with the polls giving the Tories a modest lead.
Famously, Winston Churchill's wife comforted the great man after his 1945 election defeat by telling him it was a blessing in disguise.
One night as Churchill's "bear season" was gearing up, I sat down with Kevin Burke, a man who has lived with polar bears all his life, as both a Churchill native and a ranger in the deep bush country.
Gordon Brown's rhetoric certainly tried to project a sense of a country at war with himself as Churchill at the helm.
Churchill's coffin travelled up Ludgate Hill to St Paul's, as did hers, accompanied by a military band.
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Winston Churchill was a guest at the (now) Taj Boston, situated in the midst of Boston's fashionable district, overlooking the Public Gardens.
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At one point, when Churchill's preferred smoke wasn't available, McCarthy found himself changing the labels of cheap cigars until a new supply arrived.
The cortege was accompanied by a 19-gun salute and an RAF flypast as it began its journey to Churchill's final resting place in the Oxfordshire parish churchyard of Bladon.
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Veteran actor Robert Hardy has pulled out of a West End play in which he was to have played Winston Churchill opposite Dame Helen Mirren's The Queen.
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