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...cram hard, but while much of the subject matter was new to him, the cramming process and the rapid transition was an old story. In July of 1942, he had been a staff major general (permanent rank: lieutenant colonel). By the fall of 1942, he was commanding the highly complex and delicate invasion of North Africa, and a year later he was Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Forces. He needed and he got plenty of intensive briefing in that period. He had to learn in a hurry how to cope with supply problems beyond all previous military experience, how to integrate...
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...
...from Worcester still had to catch up on freehand drawing, math and physics-things his contemporaries had learned in college but that he had to learn in Paris cram schools. He stayed up nights arguing with young moderns. He did not take easily or kindly to modern notions in architecture. "I remember arguing my head off against those fellows. I said you couldn't possibly put a glass window at the bottom of a building. It just wouldn't look as if it were going to stand...
Skouras' hospitality is formidable fun. Business associates, invited to his country place for a "quiet lunchtime conference," are not surprised to find a dense crowd milling around on the lawn. When the group eventually thins out enough to cram itself into the dining room for dinner, it sometimes includes a hapless guest who came to the wrong house and found himself swept into the genial Greek maelstrom. Such lost souls generally look to Skouras like old friends. "Haven't seen r you for a long time," he will shout. "How's / everything in St. Louis...
...delegates climbed into their buses and drove to the convention hall. The roll call began. One by one, the voices spoke for the states of the Union: flat Midwestern twangs and Southern singsongs, quiet voices and hoarsely tense voices, defiant voices and triumphant voices, and voices that tried to cram a message into the simple business of voting. ("I vote for Eisenhower, the winner." "I proudly vote for Bob Taft." "Louisiana casts 13 hard-earned votes for Eisenhower...