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...news of the half-forgotten, conservative side of American thought, see Books. ** Who is remembered almost solely for infamy: switching to the British cause after unsuccessfully attempting to betray West Point to the enemy...
When the Germans came back, they found the graves and demanded to know who had killed their men. Most of the people of Kalavryta did not like the ELAS Communists, but they would not betray fellow Greeks. Infuriated, the Germans burned down the houses of five men known to have joined the guerrillas. Then for good measure they burned the hotel...
...money goes to the university. A painstaking administrator, he is also a crackerjack lecturer, wasting no words and never losing his temper. Only in the operating room when, with a heart exposed, life may be in the balance for hours, does Dr. Blalock's gentle voice betray his tension. As soon as possible after his work is done, he relaxes with chain-smoked cigarettes. Weekends, he fishes or plays golf (in the 80s, despite an unsurgeonly waggle to his swing...
Frosting Last. Butler did not prematurely betray the news that lay in the battered red dispatch box in which budgets are transported each April from the Treasury to Commons. Before the House, he went at it as a boy eats cake-saving the sugariest bits of frosting until last...
Deliberate speed, majestic instancy, They beat-and a Voice beat More instant than the Feet-'All things betray thee, who betrayest...