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Churchillian

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Chur·chill  (chûrchl, chûrchhl), Caryl Born 1938.
British playwright. Her best-known work, Cloud 9 (1979), is considered a landmark of feminist and postmodern literature.
Churchill, John. First Duke of Marlborough. 1650-1722.
English general and statesman during the reigns of James II, Anne, and George I. He is considered among history's greatest military commanders.
Churchill, Mount
A peak, 4,769.6 m (15,638 ft) high, in the Wrangell Mountains of southern Alaska.
Churchill, Randolph Henry Spencer 1849-1895.
British politician who led the so-called Fourth Party, a group of Conservative members of Parliament who advocated social and constitutional reform.
Churchill, Winston 1871-1947.
American writer known for his popular historical romance novels, such as Richard Carvel (1899).
Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spenser 1874-1965.
British politician and writer. As prime minister (1940-1945 and 1951-1955) he led Great Britain through World War II. Churchill published several works, including The Second World War (1948-1953), and won the 1953 Nobel Prize for literature.
Chur·chilli·an (chûr-chl-n) adj.
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Adj.1.Churchillian - of or relating to or suggestive of Winston Churchill


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Unlike, say Lyndon Johnson's masterful handling of the Vietnam War, Jimmy Carter's deft use of Keynesian economics to provide low inflation and economic growth, Bill Clinton's Churchillian handling of Somalia and al Qaeda, Sudan, and Haiti.
Conservative incompetence by Morris, Nicholas / Washington Monthly
No Churchillian willingness to establish a hierarchy of priorities is evident in the Bush Administration's current foreign policy, particularly once democracy promotion officially replaced the fight against terror as the number one U.
Churchill, not quite by Simes, Dimitri K. / The National Interest
Minding my own business and trying to maneuver myself to secure a much-needed drink after presenting one of my first research papers, I was cornered by a Churchillian character with cigar in hand.
Shining through the everlasting twilight by Jette, Alan M. / Physical Therapy
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