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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Students going into the House, if they show any sort of initiative, will form warm friendships with fellow students and faculty members...
Francis is abetted by Patricia Medina, who plays some sort of spy. Miss Medina wears a shoddy French accent and not much else. She brightens up the Burma landscape considerably...
After that, several 11-man teams ran from the basic T formations, although none of these groups represented any sort of first string team. The workout ended with wind sprints...
With this sort of central character, one would expect a novel in the tradition of Faulkner. But "A Grove of Fever Trees" has much more the air of a collection of odd and colorful family reminiscences and in this setting, the character of Danny appears singularly out of place...
...students admitted to his classes in naval architecture and marine engineering, this sort of thing seemed quite natural. Professor Seward liked to say that he chose them for "the salt in their veins"; they in turn called him "the Skipper." The son and grandson of sea captains, Skipper Seward had come to know as much about ships as any man could. He had stood on the deck of the German-built Leviathan on its trial run after World War I, had been called in to advise on the raising of the Normandie. He was special wartime consultant to Navy Secretary...