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...aspect of Bert's effectiveness is the lifetime of technical perfection that he can bring to bear on the small problems that matter in crew. The "lifetime" is almost literal, for when he was born in Winsor, England, his father and three uncles, all champion punters, were waiting to impart to him all their love. Bert's father impressed the principles of coxing on him at nine by cracking his knuckles when he made a miscalculation. This is one teaching device that Bert has not found it expedient to carry over to the Harvard scene...
...time when the need for General Education seems more immediate and imperative than over before, many people feel that the Classics, rather than being on the wane, are ready for an increased recognition and a new awareness by students of the broad, universal knowledge they impart...
...days at Nürnberg, tall, intense ex-Gestapo agent Dr. Hans Bernd Gisevius "sang." He had some significant gossip to impart: in 1933 War Minister Field Marshal Werner Eduard Fritz von Blomberg (54, widowered father of five) met Erika Gruhn in one of Berlin's better brothels. Said Gisevius, she was licensed to ply her prostitute's trade in seven major cities, and, as a sideline, she sold pornographic literature. By 1938, she had acquired such influence over the Herr Minister that he decided to marry...
...ashore on the lethal beach at Iwo Jima. The first night of the invasion a colleague urged him: "I wouldn't go there, if I were you. It's plain foolishness. The Nips are going to open up with everything they've got to impart." Writes Sherrod: "I looked down into the faces of the men in the boat, and I saw written on them the same fear that gripped at my guts. I knew these men could not stay on the PC, where it would be warm, and there would be coffee, and there would...
When reporters crowded in for his press conference last week, President Truman looked somewhat tired. But he was not too tired to live up to a promise made shortly after he took office: that he would hold a news conference only when he had news to impart. In 14 fast & furious minutes, the President...