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...generals who went in with their men: Major General William M. ("Bud") Miley, commander of the 17th Airborne, taking his outfit into combat for the first time, and Major General Matthew Bunker Ridgway, veteran airborne fighter and commander of the Airborne Army's XVIII Corps. They had led their troops across the enemy barrier on bridges of silk...
...Lieut. General Lewis H. ("Louie") Brereton. In Brereton's command setup, the role of deputy is filled by tall, bluff, ruddy Major General Richard N. Gale, who also doubles as active head of the First British Airborne Command. But the Airborne Army's heavyweight punch, the potent XVIII Corps with three known U.S. divisions, is wielded by husky, aggressive, driving General Ridgway, rated by U.S. Army chiefs as the world's No. 1 active airborne commander...
...Lect. Hall THURSDAY, JANUARY 28 (VIII) 9.15 A.M. Architectural Sci. 1a Sem. Rm., Hunt Hall Economics 133 New Lect. Hall German A Memorial Hall German C New Lect. Hall History 18a New Lect. Hall Semitic 17a New Lect. Hall Sociology 30 New Lect. Hall 2.15 P.M. (XVIII) Architectural Sci. 1b Sem. Rm., Hunt Hall Engineering Sci. 1a Pierce 302, 307 German D Emerson A FRIDAY, JANUARY 29 (XII) 9.15 A.M. Biology 101 Mallinckrodt MB 9 Biology 119 Mallinckrodt MB 23 Chemistry 11 Mallinckrodt MB 9 Chinese 9a Emerson A Economics 51 Harvard 5 Economics 103 Harvard 5 Engineering...
...translated much of Virgil, was composing "poems in every form, odes, satires, elegies." At 15 he carried off one of the French Academy's poetry prizes against the best poets of France. Secretary of the Academy Raynouard sent him "a few hexameters" of praise. King Louis XVIII gave him a purse of 500 francs. The great author and statesman Chateaubriand called him "the sublime child," received young Hugo in his bath, read him "huge sections of a poetic tragedy." (Victor thought it very dull.) At 18 Hugo was famous...
...Thurs., May 28 9:15 A.M. VII 2:15 P.M. XVII Fri., May 29 9:15 A.M. XIII Mon., June 1 9:15 A.M. XIV 2:15 P.M. IX Tues., June 2 9:15 A.M. VIII 2:15 P.M. XVIII Wed., June 3 9:15 A.M. III Thurs., June 3 9:15 A.M. V 2:15 P.M. XVI Fri., June...