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...tanks were DD (for duplex-drive) Shermans, improbable vehicles specially rigged with flotation devices and propellers. They looked as weird as their descriptions sound. They floated, barely, but the sea that morning was heavier than it had been during training, and 5,000 yards turned out to be too far. Twenty-seven of the 32 DD Shermans sank. (You can hear Tom Hanks yelling about this in the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan: "We got no DD tanks on the beach!") Of the five tanks that survived, three made it because their launching mechanisms had jammed and they were...
...it’s regarded as recreational. If people do talk about comedy its in a very high-minded way. This is about why things are funny or don’t seem funny.THC: You both went to Yale. And now you’re at Harvard. Any comments?DD: I was a graduate student also, so Leo escaped from jail sooner than I did! You know it’s a great treat to be here with my brother. We’ve been separated by hundreds of miles for so many years it’s very nice...
...adulteress?EB: Well, that’s a bit difficult. I don’t think I could name that one without getting in any trouble. So I’ll have to go with no.Delon J. de Metz ’10RR: Who do you play?DD: I play Edouard, who comes back from America after inheriting a fortune from his uncle. I come back to attempt to court the woman I was in love with before I left, just to find that she is now married. RR: Do you have any experience with married women?DD...
...your heart out, Brenda...DD salutes the Class of 2005. Cheers...
Worldwide, every second, 1.8 people die. DD lost some of its favorites in the past few weeks. You’ll die eventually too. Carpe noctem...