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Bearded, unforgiving Boers, who have spent their lives fighting bearded, undeviating Slim Jannie, still do not like to hear of him beside an English princess, or playing the international game. But now they pay him the ultimate tribute: "We hate his guts, but dammit, he's still an Afrikaner...
Only a few heeded the appeal. Unofficially it was said that no more than 500, or less than 3%, had volunteered this month. The incident irritated British Columbians, who are impatient with Ottawa's dilatory manpower policies. Mayor David Howrie of Vernon called Triquet's speech a "prostitution...
Grim in his three-starred helmet, beribboned battle jacket, mirror-shined cavalry boots and butter-bean pants, "Old Blood & Guts" was photographed last week in England reviewing troops, and it was announced that he would command a U.S. ground army.
Youngsters are the brains and guts of the nation's war-research program. In some of the most vital new technologies, such as electronics, they are the whole show; one eminent scientist observed that "no man older than 35 can have a really fundamental grasp of electronics." Some typical...
Said "Whitey" McNair: "It takes the man with the rifle, the bayonet and the grenade, dragging his weary feet after him ... to get in there with guts and brains. He has to put the finishing touches, the copper-riveted handiwork, on the craftsmanship of the air force, the artillery and...