Word: napoleonism
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...called "Little Napoleon...
Richard M. Nixon, the same guy who named "Patton" as his favorite movie, named the 1812 as his favorite piece of classical music. Not surprising, given his predilection for the militaristic. Ironically, the piece was written during a lull in national spirit, and commemorates the battle in which Napoleon was defeated on the outskirts of Moscow. Traces of the Marseilles fade out, the Russian national anthem creeps in, canons go off (at Lowell, a policeman generally shoots a rifle into a garbage can)--all culminating in the peals of jubilation emanating from those vibrant bells of the Moscow churches...
Anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon's first view of the Yãnomamõ Indians was partially obscured by a number of drawn arrows aimed at his face. The archers had huge wads of green tobacco jammed between their teeth and lower lips. Long streams of green mucus hung from their noses-the normal flow from a hallucinogenic drug that makes the normally aggressive Yãnomamõ even more touchy and menacing...
...royal line of Bourbon-Orleans; he is married to Princess Isabelle of Orleans and Braganza. A friend of Charles de Gaulle, who once described the count as "my successor," he has four living sons (one died as a soldier in Algeria) and six daughters. His rival is Prince Louis Napoleon, 62, a World War II Resistance hero who is not only a Bonaparte, but is also descended from France's royal line. A wealthy businessman, he is married to Alix de Foresta; they have two sons and two daughters. Both French royals live in France. Louis says that...
...front runners usually disappear, capital gurus are now taking seriously the idea that Jimmy Carter may get the nomination. Their reservations to date are proper. Yet their swiftly changing attitude toward "Wee Jimmy" (Reston's phrase) recalls at least the first phase of how Parisian journalists treated Napoleon in the 20 days after he escaped from Elba and landed in France: "The monster has escaped from his place of exile." "The Corsican werewolf has landed at Cannes." "The tyrant has reached Lyon." "The usurper has dared to advance within 150 miles of the capital." "Tomorrow Napoleon will...