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...second lieutenant despite having been expelled from two high schools, in World War II led the fast-moving 9th Division through North Africa and Sicily, subsequently took the XIIth Corps across the Rhine and as Commander, U.S. Army in Europe, rebuilt the occupation army in Germany into a mainstay of NATO's shield; of a heart attack; at Fort Benning...
Cruise Types. Unlike the France, the two British liners are really cruise ships, cater to the type of passenger who has become the mainstay of the liners. The cruise traveler is going nowhere in particular, likes the sense of remoteness from the world's harassments that only the sea can give, and is happy to stop anywhere that seems interesting. In 1956 the winter cruise business grossed $55 million; this year it will top $100 million. This season there will be more than 325 cruise sailings to the Caribbean. Mediterranean, South
That dwindling band of eighteenth-century gentlemen (that was once, in better days, the mainstay of this institution) will be cheered by the bracing news that it now has a Christmas record all to itself. Called An Eighteenth-Century Christmas, it's put out by Vanguard (Bach Guild BG-569) and includes Corelli's Christmas Concerto, Torelli's Pastoral Concerto for the Nativity, several pieces by J. S. Bach, and the Haydn Toy Symphony (by Leopold Mozart). I Soloisti di Zagreb are the instrumentalists (dam' fine fellahs, too) and they are led by Antonio Janigro...
...Crimson lights will be stroked by senior Tony Goodman, a mainstay of the boat for the last two years and a veteran of two Thames Cup victories at Henley. Though Goodman has never rowed in a losing race, neither he nor his cohorts are taking anything for granted as they head into a new season...
...afternoon's crucial match, varsity mainstay Red Grant came through with a 4-0 decision over Princeton's Dan Dent in the 191-pound class. A Tiger win would have tied the match and led to eventual victory, since heavyweight Duke Hurley lost 6 to 5 to Gerry Norton on a slam penalty...