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...publishers note that the author has "no political or military ax to grind." The statement suggests a very special kind of innocence on somebody's part. There is some straight history in the book, some of it of first interest. But not since the days of Quincy Howe's England Expects Every American To Do His Duty has anyone tried to tie a fancier assortment of knots in the British lion's tail. Stalin and Molotov could hardly have made a balder plea for the U.S. to ditch the British...
...Named after a lonely grind of the 1900s who (the story goes) grieved because no friends called on spring nights, went below his own window in the Yard and shouted his own name...
...have been selected for their outstanding work on the team during the past season. Hoelzer, who broke the Freshman breaststroke record in the St. George's meet, will try for the laurels in the breaststroke while Norris is entered in the 1500-meter grind, and might possibly also swim the quarter-mile...
...height: he became basketball's highest paid player. After scoring an impressive 1,870 points for De Paul University as an amateur, Mikan signed up with the Chicago American Gears, an industrial team, to play for pay. Mikan will continue to study law at De Paul, will grind for the Gears twice a week, and hopes to collect $60,000 in five years...
...yard grind also went to the Crimson, Vince Moriarty taking a 2:28.2 first. Groshong and Grey followed their teammate into second and third places respectively. Exeter's lone first came in the 600 yard run when Mitchell nosed out Edlemen of Harvard by one-tenth of a second to take the event in the time of 1 minute, 18.5 seconds...