GRGR (8) 176.38-177.20 & Concluding

[Michael D. Workman]

176.38-176.39 "Quisling molecules have shifted in latticelike ways to
freeze him." Quisling kwi.zlin. Also with lower-case initial. The name of
Major Vidkun Quisling (1887-1945), Norwegian officer and diplomatist, who
collaborated with the Germans during their occupation of Norway from 1940
to 1945. A traitor to one's country, a collaborationist, esp. during the
war of 1939-45. Also transf. and fig.

177.8 "Damn them, they are wrong. They are insane. Jeremy will take her
like the Angel itself, in his joyless weasel-worded come-along, and Roger
will be forgotten, an amusing maniac, but with no place in the rationalized
power-ritual that will be the coming peace."

177.20 "capeskin" A soft leather made from South African hair sheepskin.

As an extra bonus, here is an account of life during the Blitz from
http://thehistorynet.com/BritishHeritage/articles/0793_cover.htm:

"From 7th September until mid-November, the Luftwaffe sent an average of
163 bombers over London each night and dropped a total of more than 13,000
tons of bombs and 12,000 incendiary canisters, but German losses continued
to mount while British morale remained firm. In the final three weeks of
September, 433 German planes spiralled to the ground and with the coming of
worse weather and shorter days, England stood to benefit with each passing
week. In October, an impatient Hitler abandoned plans for an invasion and
turned his attention elsewhere." 

"'After the War,' recalls MacKenzie, 'when we learned how close England had
come to losing the battle, people said, "My goodness, how close we came to
an invasion!" And we could not have put up much resistance at all. Road
signs were removed or turned the wrong way, and farmers put old pieces of
machinery in their fields so planes couldn't land,  but if the Germans had
achieved a foothold, we'd have been sunk. But I was young, and believed we
were invincible then. We trusted what our leaders told us and we were sure
we'd win. Morale never got low. In fact, Hitler's moves had the exact
opposite effect. We would say there was no way Hitler was going to defeat
us.'"

Oh, Jess. Jessica. Don't leave me....


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