Word: napoleon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Napoleon, Will & Ariel Durant
...Chairman Mao Tse-tung (see story page 22). Reason: Mao, as the President puts it, united "800 million volatile and historically disparate and separated people." Except for the population figure, the phrase could equally apply to the Philippines. Marcos also admires another great historical figure. "What was Napoleon's maxim?" he asks rhetorically. " 'The art of power is not how to use your friends but how to use your enemies...
...Napoleon Bonaparte revived medal mania in earnest when he founded the Legion of Honor in 1802. Initially the Legion was supposed to be a corps of distinguished persons rewarded for "services eminents" to France...
...Napoleon wanted a small elite group, but he was flooded with demands for the decoration -as were subsequent leaders of France." As a result, the number of those entitled to wear the Legion's red ribbon soared from...
...Napoleon, Will & Ariel Durant