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After the World War I defeat and the Versailles Treaty, which sought to impose "war guilt" on the vanquished, Germany developed, in the words of one historian, "an overwhelming sense of communal shame"-not for causing the war, but for the old Spartan sin of losing it. Delayed nationhood, humiliation, plus economic chaos and the example of Communist methods from which the Nazis borrowed much-each is essential but none is sufficient to explain Nazism. It could not have happened but for two additional qualities that in the past at least have always seemed to be part of the German...
Webb makes no apologies for its narrow specialization or rigor. Undergraduates seem to thrive on the combination. A spartan student government has banned beards, liquor on campus, and visits by girls to dorms. Student courts can penalize a student for coming late to class or expel him for cheating on the honor system. "Most of us realize what a tremendous gift this is," says Senior Karl L. Kirkman of Catonsville, Md. "We would hate to have it spoiled for the next...
...student is in his third year at Gordonstoun School in northern Scotland, and he seems to be standing up well enough to the Spartan regime that begins at 6:45 a.m. with a brisk run on a gravel road followed by hot and cold showers. Though neither an outstanding student nor athlete, he mixes well, and his public image is that of a healthy boy with a mop of hair that defies comb and brush. When it was suggested that he has a Beatle's haircut, His Royal Highness Charles Philip Arthur George, heir apparent to the British throne...
...familiar history but the gentle, colorful, warmly intimate views of Churchill's resting places: awesome Blenheim Palace, where he was born; his country home. Chartwell. a rambling gallery of Churchillian art set within a walled garden; Chequers, the Buckinghamshire retreat of British Prime Ministers; and the simple, spartan bedroom 70 ft. below Downing Street where Churchill growled through some of the darkest hours England has ever known...
...teeth. "Pursuit! Pursuit!" he screamed at the Notre Dame defense, and again Michigan State had to give up the ball. "More! More!" he yelled at the offense, and again the relentless Irish began to march. The massive (219 lbs. per man) Notre Dame line ripped gaping holes in the Spartan forward wall, gave Quarterback Huarte so much protection that he could have tied his shoe laces and still had time to pass. A screen to End Jack Snow gained 19 yds., a flare to Fullback Bob Merkle picked up 26. Then he turned Nick Eddy loose. In five carries...