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...Napoleon was annoyed with both his commanders. In writing of the battle he described how Marshal Ney "wavered and lost eight hours" and "forgot the troops who were not under his eye." He also referred to the "inexcusable inertia of Marshal Grouchy...
...best, amateurish. The plotters used green, bewildered army cadets. They neglected to block roads, close airports or persuade other units in Algeria's 45,000-man army to join them. Said Hassan in his post-coup press conference: "They took over the Ministry of Interior, but they forgot about police headquarters. They occupied the radio station, but forgot about the telegraph and post office. They used the radio transmitter that covers Rabat, but forgot the one in Tangiers." What is more, both Colonel Mohammed Ababou, director of the Abermoumou military academy and a mastermind of the plot, and General...
...companies with contracts for missiles and jets forgot to reimburse the government more than $1,000,000 that had been advanced to them. They suddenly remembered to do so when the court began probing...
Josette promptly forgot about the confrontation-and the appointment-but almost a year later she received a summons ordering her to appear in criminal court on charges of using "insulting language to a magistrate exercising his duties." Maximum sentence: two years in prison...
...service in the Japanese army, Nakauchi views business as combat: "We must inculcate in our managers a brute force for beating down all our rivals." But the round-faced, spectacled market magnate also has milder moods. While listening to the cash registers ring at a recent store opening, he forgot Mao long enough to echo unconsciously a far different cultural influence. "That," he said, "is the sweetest music this side of heaven...