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　　When Sir Winston Churchill, the great British Prime Minister, reached his eightieth birthday in November, 1954, he was presented with his portrait by a well-known modem artist, Graham Sutherland．The painting had been ordered and paid for to

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　　the Grand Old Man of World WarⅡ.

　　Sir Winston and Lady Churchill were deeply moved by this

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　　of respect and affection.

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　　of them, of course, allowed the others to see how much they both disliked the portrait. “It makes me look

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　　, which I am not!” protested Churchill in private(私下).

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　　, he only remarked that it was fine example of modern art. His friends smiled．It was known that Churchill didn't

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　　modern art.

　　Churchill was so unhappy about the portrait that finally his wife had it

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　　. Churchill died at ninety in 1965．Land Churchill

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　　him in 1977．Shortly after her death, the public learned what had happened to the

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　　, and a heated argument broke out. The painter was

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　　sad．The artist community, shocked and

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　　, said that the destruction of the picture had been a crime (罪行). Historians said that they regretted the disappearance of a(n)

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