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On June 6, just after midnight, 16,000 paratroopers from the U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions dropped chaotically into the dark coastal countryside to protect the western flank of the incoming army against counterattacks. Lost in low clouds, many of the planes missed their drop sites by miles, but...
"The doctor tried to shut him up, but it was too late. Too late for us too. When I tried to reach our division commander, I found he was in Paris. Hitler's headquarters refused to believe me and decided it was only a dummy raid. We were not permitted...
"We will rebuild the roads, bridges and ports which this administration has let fall apart, so commerce can flow and new companies can grow," he said.
The solution is imperfect. Some scholars object outright to any government engineering of racial advantage. Other critics note that whites in the newly created districts become a new voiceless minority. A third group grimaces at the gerrymanders spawned when districters create land bridges between geographically dispersed minority members. Nonetheless, the...
Cigarette advertising, meanwhile, has become more savvy. Despite continued complaints about ads that seem targeted at young people -- like the infamous Joe Camel campaign -- cigarette companies claim their marketing efforts today are aimed at keeping the customers they have rather than winning new ones. "It's like preaching to the...