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...always confident British this was not surprising. But the only reasonable explanation for the Italians' hasty retreat on all fronts was either that the Italians had lost their military minds or that Benito Mussolini had taken a leaf from the book of an ancient compatriot, Quintus Fabius Maximus...
...When Fabius came up against Hannibal in 217 B.C., he used tactics of "masterly inactivity," retiring into hills where Hannibal's cavalry was useless, harassing the enemy's patrols, but never really fighting...
From the moment when Appius Claudius's secretary, Fabius, stole and publicly exhibited the Kalendares of the Roman priests, three hundred years before Christ, the calendar of days has belonged to the people and held a head position in the almanacs of all nations. In 1472 the astronomer Regio-Montanus originated the present form of the almanac. The first book to be printed in the colonies was "An Almanac calculated for New England, by Mr. Picrce." The printer was one Stephen Daye of Cambridge; the date...
...Committee cannot agree except with the concurrence of German Ambassador Joachim von Ribbentrop and Italian Ambassador Dino Grandi, both of whom are familiar with the tactics of that Ancient Roman, Quintus Fabius Maximus Cunetator ("The Delayer") who deployed Rome's legions with such persistent avoidance of battle that when at last he was ready to fight, the wearied Carthaginians were routed. In case the mild tactics of Quintus Fabius Maximus (died 203 B. C.) do not avail in 1937, II Duce and Der Führer can always get tough...
...first page of the newspapers interesting than any other President in time of peace. We do not know what will happen in the next two years, but we know" it will be interesting. ... As a leader of the people, President Roosevelt might be described as exactly the opposite of Fabius the Cunctator. Former Presidents have had Congress on their hands; Franklin Roosevelt has Congress in his hands...