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...latest addition to the Rommel legend is a book written by Rommel himself. From the time he led his tanks across the French border in 1940, Rommel made copious notes on his exploits. From these, and from Rommel's letters to his wife, Captain B. H. Liddell Hart, British military expert and historian, has put together a first-rate book, amply illustrated with Amateur Photographer Rommel's own shots. The Rommel Papers give the most revealing picture yet of a brilliant commander who lived, fought and died in the Prussian tradition of military ruthlessness...
...years in the Sahara he made only one convert, a blind, illiterate old woman. Ever the good Frenchman, he also filed copious military intelligence reports, and briefed French officials on Moroccan affairs and native sentiments...
Burr Hall's copious floodlights and well-aimed spots are ideal for the cram-weary undergraduate. Some may object, however, to the seats, which are set at such an angle that no one has much trouble peeking over his neighbor's shoulder. This should scare no one. If the Registrar assigns to Burr only courses which deal in imprecise, general topics, unlike Calculus or Physics, no examgoer will have time enough to crib anything worth the risk involved...
While a gambler named Oakhurst, a lady of ill-repute, and a drunkard are indeed present in 20th Century Fox's The Outcasts of Poker Flat, it would require copious use of an opium pipe to discover any further similarities between the film and the Bret Harte story of the same moniker. This is not to say that the net result isn't mildly diverting, which it is, though the melodrama gets a little sticky around the fourth reel...
Yale's lesser known books include works on Numismatics, Penology, and Librarianship. Princeton is contest with among others, publications on Chess. Those fortunate to live in Washington, can go to the Congressional Library for copious information on Alcoholism. Tomperence, and the Tobacco and Drug Habits of all nations...