Word: howarth
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...DAVID HOWARTH 253 pages. Atheneum...
Turkish Yoke. The volunteers were of several sorts. The first, writes David Howarth in this wry and lively short history, consisted of officers left over from the Napoleonic wars of the previous decade. Each had at least one fine uniform, one sword and a brace of pistols. A few were what they said they had been; others actually had fought at grades several degrees below their announced ranks. A large number were simply counterfeit, like the Italian named Tassi, who said he had been Napoleon's engineer in chief but who confessed, when it became explosively clear...
...Swords. Into this yeasty confusion Byron injected himself at the request of English philhellenes-as Howarth puts it, a "shrivelled, dyspeptic, doom-ridden little man" of 36, forlornly in love with his page. He had no military experience, but he had equipped himself with gold, scarlet and green uniforms and at least ten swords. He was courted ardently by all of the Greek factions, not because he was a great poet or an English lord, Howarth writes, and certainly not because he seemed to have some notion of leading the Greeks in battle, but because he had brought with...
...thing, the Bruins have not been scoring goals lately. In their last three outings, losses to B.C., B.U., and Princeton, the Bruins have bombarded the nets for a total of four goals. The leading scorers for the Brown squad, Steve Menich and Norm Howarth, have each collected 13 points--total goals and assists--so far this year...
...Bruins boast six returning lettermen in their starting lineup. First-line forwards Norm Howarth and Brian Staple ton have two years of varsity experience, while junior right winger Rick Heimbach is a one-year letterman. Heimbach will replace Doug Smith, who separated his shoulder in the Yale game last Wednesday...