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...landing target of the D-day invaders was a 50-mile stretch of shoreline in the middle of the Cherbourg--Le Havre crescent in France. On the night of June 5, the operation began as Allied paratroopers boarded planes and gliders. "O.K., let's go" was Eisenhower's direct order. Just after midnight, June 6, they began landing behind enemy lines, with orders to attack and destroy German gun batteries. Meanwhile, an armada started making its way toward the designated beaches. Allied troops began landing at 6:30 a.m. Wading through the water onto French soil, they met vastly different...
Whether it be Nicole Kidman's or John Kerry's, these days it's most likely to come with a smile. The latter, we learn, is among 30% of the U.S. population who expose their canine teeth when they smile (67% form a toothless crescent shape); while women, unlike men, whose bodies secrete high levels of testosterone, are more likely to laugh. By book's end, the reader has become familiar with the nasolabial fold (the curving lines which form between the cheeks and upper lip) and the inner-workings of the smile, whose principal puppet master is the cranial...
...name or an address (or browse the interactive maps), and you'll see who has given to which presidential candidates. The residents of 770 Park Avenue in Manhattan, for example, went big in 2003 for Kerry, Dean and Edwards, giving $38,000 total to the trio. At 300 Crescent Court in Dallas, Bush was the big winner, bagging $31,000. A word of warning: searching for friends and neighbors is addictive. --By Joshua Macht
...voice has changed, sounding surprisingly polished for a man whose first hit consisted of grunting “ha” at the end of each line. In fact, the only constant is Juvenile’s uncanny flair for flowing over the agile bounce beats characteristic of Crescent City rap. The title track is the album’s hidden gem, a series of compelling verses with a tense, dramatic instrumental...
...13th centuries A.D., these works of art, some of which show signs of Greek influence, depict everything from musical instruments to a dazzling pantheon of deities. If the caves get too stuffy, local guides can arrange for dune surfing and paragliding trips to a nearby oasis called Crescent Lake. LIJIANG This attractive little town of traditional stone buildings in the heart of southwestern Yunnan province has been popular with backpackers since the early 1990s, and was designated a unesco World Heritage Site in 1997. Tourism has developed at breakneck speed, but what the town has lost in backwater charm...