Word: napoleone
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...what we're doing. We have plans." Well, they didn't, and we put our troops in the middle of this. I'm concerned about General [David] Petraeus [the new U.S. military leader in Iraq] and some of my colleagues building him up as the most significant conqueror since Napoleon. Petraeus is a first-rate general, but he's not a miracle worker...
...General Education Task Force knew some history, they would know that the death of a tyrant is typically only the first step towards installing a new one. Caesar’s assassination only succeeded in placing Augustus on the throne. The execution of Louis XVI ended up allowing Napoleon Bonaparte to set up an empire. And now the euthanasia of the Core will only lead to the bondage of Harvard students in a new arbitrary system of General Education...
...Napoleon said, "Let China Sleep. The day she awakes all the world will be sorry." Nearly 200 years later, the world is divided: some are indeed sorry to witness China's re-emergence, but others are quite happy. Theodore Mathias London...
...Napoleon said, "Let China sleep. the day she awakes all the world will be sorry." Nearly 200 years later, the world is divided: some are indeed sorry to witness China's re-emergence, but others are quite happy. Theodore Mathias London...
...custom-made customer is making a commitment to us," said Alexander, my tailor, "and we want to reciprocate with special treatment." he then brought me a bottle of water and delivered a stirring monologue on the history of the shirt cuff?the French cuff was apparently born when Napoleon ordered extra-long sleeves so that his soldiers could wipe their nose on the excess, then fold the cuff to hide the snot?that climaxed with "Are you ready to see our cuffs?" I was ready to invade Russia...