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Scholar Jespersen continued work after the Nazi invasion, contrived to send a copy of a new article to a Columbia colleague. Said the colleague: "Under Hitlerism he must have been wretched." Last week Danish refugees cited their old proverb: "Death is a dying man's friend...
There was embarrassed silence when she quoted the Chinese proverb: "It takes little effort to watch the other fellow carry the load"; and when she made her most pointed thrust: "Midway and the Coral Sea are . . . merely steps in the right direction...
...blessed even already in Company 1! His name--Brian Early Goldner, born to the wife of Midshipmen Herb Goldner this week. We'd guess the middle name is in honor of the proverb with the same theme, but wasn't it Herb who wanted to say up and study?. . . Remember, fellows, that's one way to get special leave. The only other way we've seen is much less agreeable--like having a very sick girl friend, who is much better now, thanks, says Lee Shannon, Batalion Commander. . . Hope you get that apartment by June...
...generations large-familied Russians have repeated a proverb: V tesnote, da Ne V Obide (Crowding is no discomfort). Veronika, a Moscow glovemaker, remembered it as she got up from her narrow bed, stumbled over her sleeping daughters and lit a fire in the little iron pechka in the center of the tiny room. It was below freezing in the room, water had to be left dripping to keep the pipes from freezing and on this, the first day of 1943, Veronika Popova, Russia's Jane Smith, dressed quickly, repeating to herself a newer Russian proverb: Nichevo, Tovarish (Everything...
Some were reminded of an old Balkan proverb: "In time of great danger, walk with the devil until you have crossed the bridge." Ahead of the U.S. were many bridges, and many devils...