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Oldest son of an eccentric, forcibly retired Irish colonel who roamed over Europe for 30 years, Burton was seldom in school, toyed with his tutors by sitting on them or putting bullets through their hats. Intended for the Church, he arrived at Oxford not knowing the Lord's Prayer...
In your issue of Oct. 12, under Education, you credit me with introducing basketball into Egypt and with writing the first basketball rule-book in Arabic. The fact is that I was only one of several who cooperated in promoting the sport in its early days in Egypt, the active...
William Alfred Eddy has spent 19 of his 40 years abroad. Born at Saida (Sidon), Syria, he sailed to the U. S. to attend the College of Wooster (Ohio) and Princeton, sailed back to France with the A.E.F. to be wounded at Belleau Wood and receive the Distinguished Service Cross...
"How much of that training is spent in shooting practice?" "What!" cried Commandant Gomez, "You don't think we waste ammunition on rifle practice? Our Militia gets all its shooting practice at the front!" Franco and Mola, Soldiers of professional standing and technical proficiency are the leaders of the...
For half a year Prince Farouk had been virtually a prisoner on the four-acre estate except for two afternoons a week at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. An endless round of tutors drilled him in English, French, Arabic, history, geography, mathematics, chemistry, physics, gymnastics, boxing, fencing and tennis...