Westmoreland

[west-mawr-luh nd, -mohr-]

noun

William Childs [chahyldz] /tʃaɪldz/, 1914–2005, U.S. army officer: commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam and Thailand 1964–68.

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Contemporary Examples of westmoreland

Westmoreland and his wife sent Wallace flowers and eventually dropped the suit.
Mike Wallace Dead at 93: His Enduring TV Legacy
Eleanor Clift
April 8, 2012
Westmoreland eventually brought a $120 million libel lawsuit against CBS for the way he was portrayed in the special.
Mike Wallace’s Interviews: Henry Kissinger to Roger Clemens (Video)
The Daily Beast
April 8, 2012
A libel suit that Westmoreland famously filed against CBS, which made the claim, was settled out of court.
Generals Can't Be Trusted
Lee Siegel
October 31, 2009

Historical Examples of westmoreland

Did not a gentleman once motor so quickly through Westmoreland that he missed it?
Howards End
E. M. Forster
The family from which Airy took his origin came from Kentmere, in Westmoreland.
Great Astronomers
R. S. Ball
There are some other data relative to the ball of quartz of Westmoreland.
The Book of the Damned
Charles Fort
He was a native of Hull, and a shipmate of mine on board the 'Westmoreland.'
The Hero of the Humber
Henry Woodcock
She could not stop to think of the absurdity of promising for Westmoreland weather.
Robert Elsmere
Mrs. Humphry Ward