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Frederick's grandfather was the great conqueror Frederick Barbarossa; his father was Heinrich VI of Germany, the man who captured Richard the Lion-hearted and whom the Italians accurately called Heinrich the Cruel. His mother Costanza brought the Sicilian crown in her dowry, but Heinrich had to subdue Sicily before he could wear it. This done, he burned alive all of Costanza's relations to ensure that he could wear it in peace. It seems certain that Costanza struck back by conspiring with Celestine III (who, like all Popes of the period, worked to undermine a strong king...
...Exams for the Fall Term will be held as follows: Group Time Exam Date I MWF at 8 Sat., Jan. 19 II MWF at 9 Thurs., Jan. 24 III MWF at 10 Fri., Jan. 18 IV MWF at 11 Mon., Jan. 21 V MWF at 12 Wed., Jan. 30 VI MWF at 1 Tues., Jan. 29 VII MWF at 2 Sat., Jan. 26 VIII MWF at 3 Sat., Jan. 19 IX MWF at 4 Sat., Jan. 19 X TTS at 8 Tues., Jan. 22 XI TTS at 9 Mon., Jan. 28 XII TTS at 10 Fri., Jan. 25 XIII...
Konrad Adenauer, in his own tongue, has issued the following statement: "Es freut mich sehr Ihnen zum Geburtstag Glueck zu wuenschen," adding, "Ninety is much too young to quit." His Majesty King Gustav Adolf VI, providing for the time lag, writes "God morgon! God afton! God natt! Ingen orsak." And Carl Sandburg, who is only eighty-five, comments that "You have completed your Prairie Years. On to the War Years...
...thing you want," says Minnesota Tackle Bobby Bell, 22, "if you want it bad enough." Bell weighs 214 Ibs., stands 6 ft. 4 in., and is quick enough to run 100 yds. in 10.4 sec.; he made everyone's All-America, and the N.F.L.'s Minnesota Vi kings wanted him enough to offer $18,000 a season for three years. But the A.F.L.'s W'estern Champion Dallas Texans wanted him so badly that they gave Bell every thing he demanded: a six-year, no-cut contract that calls for a salary...
...courage is celebrated, having been much publicized in the days when he would sit in the cockpit of his big speedboat, the Tempo VI, in which he won the Gold Cup, national speedboat racing's highest prize, in 1946. In the 1948 race he was thrown 15 feet, broke...