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...Italian, an Italian general, Maurizio de Castiglione, who fought under Rommel in North Africa, was appointed to head them. But the fighting men of Turkey and Greece, newly admitted last February to NATO's forces, refused point-blank to take orders from an Italian. The Greeks still resent Italy's jackal invasion of their land in 1940; the sturdy Turks just do not admire Italian soldiering. Britain's Mediterranean fleet, under the command of Vice Admiral Earl Mountbatten, proved equally stuffy about taking orders from Carney himself. It remained proudly aloof from the whole European command setup...
...fact is that almost all of South Africa's airmen resent the Nationalist order that Erasmus' picture must be hung in mess halls and barracks. Erasmus is a lawyer who has had no military experience, spent World War II demanding that his country make peace with Hitler...
...child there may be a deeper, unconscious revulsion against having one. This, in turn, may be the result of emotional immaturity and dependence (seeking to make the marriage into a child-parent relationship with the husband as parent), or an aggressive, masculine personality which would make the patient resent a child's demands...
Friends of Eisenhower were worried over a possible trap. How could he answer the inevitable (and legitimate) question whether he would campaign for Taft if Taft should be nominated? If he said no, Republican leaders would resent it. If he said yes, he would be promising to campaign for Taft while still a general. If he were the nominee, he could retire; but would he retire if Taft is nominated...
...said Tacho, "I resent being called a dictator. If I'm a dictator, I wouldn't be able to afford to leave my country...