An Inspiring Leader Is an Optimistic One

Sir Winston Winston is a name deriving from Old English wynnstān, meaning "pleasant stone". Places
Winston is the name of several places in England:

Winston, County Durham
Winston, Suffolk

- and in the United States of America:

Churchill delivered the ultimate pep talk to the world in his first speech as British Prime Minister on June 4, 1940. France had just fallen to Hitler's army and the British were on their heels after a massive retreat from Dunkirk. Everyone, including the British people See :

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British Overseas Territories and U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, expected Churchill to settle for a negotiated peace with Germany. They were wrong. Churchill addressed the House of Commons House of Commons: see Parliament. that day and, while acknowledging a "colossal co·los·sal
adj.
Of a size, extent, or degree that elicits awe or taxes belief; immense. See Synonyms at enormous.

[French, from Latin colossus, colossus; see colossus. military disaster," he committed the British to fight until the end. "We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be we shall never surrender."

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Author:	Carmine Gallo
Publication:	BusinessWeek
Date:	Jun 25, 2009
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