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...explain how Loiseau--who was known in France as "Monsieur 100,000 volts"--could have come undone. After all, this was a man who had overcome life's vagaries: with no formal schooling or gourmet pedigree, Loiseau had bought and run four celebrated restaurants. He received France's Legion of Honor in 1995 and three years later became the first chef to take his company public...
...explain how Loiseau - who was known in France as "Monsieur 100,000 volts" - could have come undone. After all, this was a man who had overcome life's vagaries before: with no formal schooling or gourmet pedigree, Loiseau had bought and run four celebrated restaurants. He received France's Legion of Honor in 1995 and three years later become the first chef to take his company public. Then again, the rankings are to France what the Nobel Peace Prize is to Norway. "More than presidents (whom [the French] laugh at) ... and more than religious leaders (now employed as vague accompanists...
...with camels. During the pursuit, the turbaned man on the back of the motorcycle reached under his shawl for a grenade but fumbled it, blowing off his own legs. His comrade, Abdul Ghani, surrendered and later confessed a crucial bit of intelligence: he belonged to a 60-strong rebel legion holed up in the Adhi Ghar mountains not far away...
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...control of the press, repression of opponents and creation of a secret police make Napoleon the godfather of totalitarianism, his record also includes founding the legal code, central bank, public administration, and higher education system on which the French still rely. Similarly, Napoleon also established France's Legion of Honor - then named himself to it almost immediately...