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Margaret Is My DarlingOn The Right

New York, May 8—Not that I am. prejudiced. Though the day before the election, 1 wired the lady: “I a n d w h a t ’s l ef t o f THE FREE WORLD ROOTING FOR YOU, LOVE.” From now on, inasmuch as she is Prime Minister, I shall have to address her more formally. I am practicing. It has narrowed to two choices: “Command, madam, your devoted servant—” or “ Perseverate proe- lari, Margareta,” which is an ancient Latin saying, roughly translated as “Keep swinging, Maggie.”

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William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. founded National Review magazine in 1955.

Margaret Is My DarlingOn The Right

New York, May 8—Not that I am. prejudiced. Though the day before the election, 1 wired the lady: “I a n d w h a t ’s l ef t o f THE FREE WORLD ROOTING FOR YOU, LOVE.” From now on, inasmuch as she is Prime Minister, I shall have to address her more formally. I am practicing. It has narrowed to two choices: “Command, madam, your devoted servant—” or “ Perseverate proe- lari, Margareta,” which is an ancient Latin saying, roughly translated as “Keep swinging, Maggie.”