Word: agincourt
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...wars get the rhetoric they deserve? Maybe so. The Civil War yielded the Gettysburg Address and the Cold War Churchill?s Iron Curtain address. Sometimes, though, the rhetoric sails beyond the cause. Shakespeare?s Agincourt speech - "We happy few, we band of brothers" - celebrated what was, after all, a stupid battle. This is a just war - the very definition of a just war, at least in its conception. So far, its rhetoric is right...
...wars get the rhetoric they deserve? Maybe so. The Civil War yielded the Gettysburg Address and the Cold War Churchill?s Iron Curtain address. Sometimes, though, the rhetoric sails beyond the cause. Shakespeare?s Agincourt speech - "We happy few, we band of brothers" - celebrated what was, after all, a stupid battle. This is a just war - the very definition of a just war, at least in its conception. So far, its rhetoric is right...
...More than a few analysts think Heinecke could be leading his bakers and bikers into a sausage and anchovie Agincourt. As Pizza Hut's champion, Heinecke slew all challengers, capturing 95% market share and forcing American chain Domino's Pizza out of Thailand. Now can Heinecke beat the brand he built? Areeya Boon-Long, associate director at the Bangkok office of AMI Business Consulting, says: "In terms of brand image, awareness and loyalty, Pizza Hut has it all.'' Pizza Hut has other strengths, too. Tricon has 33,000 stores in 104 countries. As the largest quick-serve restaurant corporation...
Ross G. Douthat '01, who performed Shakespeare's Henry V's monologue before the Battle of Agincourt, echoed Poon's reflections on the dated nature of the prize. "It feels sort of like a fossil from a different age in a time where people took it much more seriously. Everyone [today] was competing on sort of the spur of the moment...
...PEOPLE'S KING According to legend, Henry V mingled with his soldiers incognito on the eve of the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. In the spirit of Prince Hal, Jordan's 37-year-old King Abdullah last week wore a fake white beard and posed as a TV reporter to interview his subjects. Father would be proud...