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German artillery, high in the hills, were zeroed in on the river banks. German mines were thickly sown along its shores. Major General Fred Walker, the division's commander, thought (and told General Clark) that an attempt to cross the river at that point would be suicide. Nevertheless lean, nerveless Mark Clark ordered the attack and drove the 36th at the river for three days. In those three days the 36th lost more than 2,000 men-taken prisoner, wounded or killed...
...Murray and Fairless left the Cabinet Room and walked toward the lobby, they looked as if they had been through a bad time themselves. When Phil Murray came to the little colonnade framing the doorway, he stopped. His face was red; his eyes tired. He seemed to lean against a column as he talked. Slowly, in his soft Scottish burr, he told reporters the news. He turned to Ben Fairless for confirmation. Fairless, too, was worn out. His semi-stiff collar was sweaty and crumpled; his arms dangled loosely at his side. "I approve the statement of Mr. Murray...
...Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Cronyn Tovey, 60, lean, caustic Commander in Chief of the wartime British Home Fleet, known above decks as "Jack," below decks as "Splash Guts...
Pius XII is the only Pope who has ever set foot in the U.S. He has learned to lean on it in many ways, from cash to idealism. He showed both his knowledge and his dependence in selecting the four new American cardinals...
Closest to the mythical four-minute-mile: lean-legged Gunder Hägg's 4:01.4 record (under fire while Sweden decided the controversial issue of Hagg's amateur status...