"No conqueror returning from a victory on the battlefield had come adorned with nobler laurels."
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Opening words of Leader column referring to Neville Chamberlain's negotiation of the Munich agreement, 1 October 1938.
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The Times is a daily morning newspaper published in London. It was founded in 1785 as the Daily Universal Register and took its present title at the beginning of 1788. It has often been regarded as the newspaper taken by the British establishment. It was nicknamed "The Thunderer" for its strident editorialising.
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