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...Looking back upon the course of events, I can only feel ... if we had again to tread that stony path, even with the knowledge we possess today, I for one would do the same thing again. . . ." He promised to defend "to the death" Malta, Crete, Tobruch, the Suez and the Nile Valley...
WHERE ANGELS DARED TO TREAD -V. F. Calverton-Bobbs-Merrill ($3). Essays on 20-odd (of some 200) North American tries at Utopia which the late V. F. Calverton regarded as most significant. His report is uneven, and his data sketchy but fascinating. His evidence shows that: 1) Many Utopias succeeded until they knuckled their ideals under. 2) The most successful were religious, not scientific, communisms. 3) The destiny of most was determined by the hypnotic influence of an inspired-or maniacal-leader, and changed with his death. 4) Not one dared to meet sexual problems pointblank; even bold Oneida...
...tanks on the march, bounding along like agitated turtles with their three .30-calibre machine guns, a heavier (.50-calibre) machine gun or a cannon jutting from ports and turrets. On the shoulders of their dungareed, helmeted gargoyles was the Army's newest emblem: a black tank tread, superimposed on a tricolored triangle of yellow (for cavalry), scarlet (for field artillery) and blue (for infantry). For tanks are only the armored hearts of a modern, mechanized division; each has in addition a regiment of motorized (truck-borne) infantry, another of motor-drawn artillery, and a profusion of ex-cavalry...
...fled up the road toward Tepeleni-harassed by snipers and artillery from the hills above. Before the Italian rear guard of tanks retired, the Greek infantry stormed the town. They dropped from balconies on to the roofs of tanks, threw hand grenades into the openings, jammed the tank-tread mechanisms with their bayonets...
...Fatigue Laboratory has also made a positive contribution to athletics at Harvard. Two years ago Langdon Burwoll '41, who had never run before, was participating in one of the fatigue experiments. His record on the tread mill showed he had possibilities as a runner, so acting upon the suggestion of the director of the Laboratory, Burwell went out for cross country. He was soon one on Jaakko Mikkola's outstanding harriers and is now captain of the squad...