GREAT BRITAIN: Business Almost as Usual

London last week was a normal city in all save two respects: its ruins and nightly blackouts. Dingy it was, but for lack of paint, not from bomb dust. Its last air alarm was more than two months ago.

Last year London staved off blitzes and worried. Last week it breathed easily and all too complacently while Russia bore the brunt of Hitler's attack. Last year London worried over Winston Churchill's habit of walking around during raids, listened to Parliament jump from one major war issue to another. Last week London watched Winston Churchill and 75,000 other people whisk off...

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