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...Beacons was the culmination of an eight-day maneuver that forced cadets to survive the claggy cold without cover and on minimal sleep. The physical exertions are complemented by intensive academic study of military history and strategy. "Where we are fundamentally different from our peer academies at West Point, Saint-Cyr and Dresden is that we are a military academy that has a significant intellectual, academic component. They are military universities that do military training," says Colonel Tim Checketts, Sandhurst's chief of staff. The academy is uniquely placed "to develop character, intellect and professional competence." He adds: "At their...
...want to say that we are working hard to keep the school clean, but we need something back to support our families," custodial crew chief Freud Saint-Cyr told the crowd...
...think any custodian likes the snow,said Freud Saint-Cyr, a Harvard facilities crewchief. "You clean it because you have...
...elected assemblies responsible for the machinery of local government. In addition, the territories elected deputies to the National Assembly in Paris, where they picked up considerable political experience on an international scale-and let a little French culture rub off on them. African army officers were schooled at Saint-Cyr, received commissions in the French Army; apprentice diplomats were trained at the Quai d'Orsay, served as counselors and secretaries in French em bassies around the world...
...beat time with his straw hat when he could hear the band. On the reviewing stand he showed up once more to chat with the visitor, once grabbed De Gaulle unceremoniously by the lapels - "something," as an aide put it, "that probably hasn't happened to him since Saint-Cyr...