Word: napoleons
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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...
Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery was once asked to name the three greatest generals in history. Half smiling, he replied, "The other two were Alexander the Great and Napoleon...
...superpowers. As British Military Historian Michael Howard has written, "It is doubtful whether he will be regarded by posterity as one of the great captains of history." But in the popular mind, the hero of El Alamein probably has a secure place alongside, if not Alexander and Napoleon, then at least Marlborough and Wellington, which even Monty might agree is acceptable soldier's company...