Word: karle
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...warfare there is a response for almost any development. Other European states adopted the French military model and, working together, defeated Napoleon. The forces of industrial-age war had been unleashed. As noted by Karl von Clausewitz, the foremost military observer of the era, war in theory knows no limits and thus tends naturally to the extreme application of violence...
...descendants of the Prussian clockmaker, Karl-Willhelm Naundorff, aren't prepared to do that; they have rejected the DNA analysis. After all, the claim of this pretender was supported by a former Versailles maid, who swore he was the same boy she'd seen at the palace, by some French royals, and by his tombstone, which reads HERE LIES LOUIS XVII, DUKE OF NORMANDY, KING OF FRANCE AND NAVARRE. May they both rest in peace...
Every journalist has a novel in him, said Karl Kraus, and if he's smart, he'll keep it there. Countless potboilers by deadline drudges have proved the wisdom of Kraus' pitiless warning. But with Primary Colors in 1996, Joe Klein made himself an exception to the rule. Klein's first novel managed to survive the gimmickry of its initial publication. It was released, as the world will recall, under the byline Anonymous, making Guess the Author a favorite parlor game along the Washington-Manhattan media axis. With its deft plotting, crackling dialogue and a raft of engaging characters, thinly...
...unfair imprisonment of Abimael Gúzman are two shelves away from a book more likely found at the Coop, on research into the effects of globalization and international for-profit companies. Nevertheless, pure Marxist theory prevails. The most popular book, according to George Bryant, a Revolution employee, is Karl Marx’s Das Capital...
...take solace in, of all things, the long view. Forget the NASDAQ and going public, Karl says. Last year's IPO darling is this year's sinkhole. What matters is our 2003 bottom line, and that means--sing along, kids--building a great business by continually improving our products and better serving our customers' needs...