Word: napolã
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...America's largest textbook buyers, the Longhorn State has a good deal of sway over what is peddled to schools nationwide. And while Napol??on may have maintained that "history is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon," getting Texans to come together on the past may prove to be their Waterloo...
...DEMINT, Republican Senator from South Carolina, comparing President Barack Obama's bid to overhaul the nation's health care system to the battle that dethroned Napol??on Bonaparte --JULY...
National self-interest quickly drove the two countries apart. In 1800 Napol??on Bonaparte compelled Spain to give him the Louisiana Territory, which he planned to make the hub of a New World empire. President Thomas Jefferson was so alarmed, he considered making an alliance with Britain to drive the French out. But when the French troops en route to occupying Louisiana died of yellow fever in Haiti, Napol??on decided to cut his losses and sold the territory to the U.S. for the bargain price of $15 million. By 1861, however, Napol??on's nephew Napol?...
...authors, who both teach at the Wharton School, extol the virtues of this relationship art, which they define as the ability to win over colleagues, clients and customers without coercion, using emotionally intelligent persuasion. The authors draw on the experiences of political figures like Napol??on and Abraham Lincoln, as well as famous businesspeople...
...premium-spirits industry, rum is the new Cognac. A drink whose reputation is usually linked with British sailors and Caribbean pirates--Blackbeard liked to mix his rum with gunpowder and light it before swilling--has suddenly risen above Captain Morgan to compete with Napol??on. U.S. sales of high-end rums shot up 45% over the past three years, to $287 million, according to the Distilled Spirits Council in Washington. Gourmet restaurants are taking notice. Labels like Santa Teresa's 1796--a top Hamilton pick for its "honey smooth" finish--from Venezuela are after-dinner favorites at Cacao in Miami...