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...field headquarters near the Elbe, Lieut. General William Simpson was working on his plans to seize Berlin. There was little evidence of German opposition. Simpson's U.S. 2nd Armored and 83rd Infantry divisions would race right up the autobahn to the capital. Then Lieut. General Omar Bradley summoned him back to headquarters in Wiesbaden. "You have to stop right where you are," Bradley said. "You can't go any farther. You must pull back across the Elbe...
...Where in hell did this come from?" said Simpson. "I could be in Berlin in 24 hours!" Bradley: "I just got it from...
...directors of all time—an excess that is ultimately valued and played up as proof of brilliance. It’s also occasionally credited with destroying the “New Hollywood” of the 1970s, though many believe it was Star Wars, Don Simpson, and a lot of cocaine. The former point is more important here, especially as many film critics and historians have recently attempted to reevalute Heaven’s Gate as a great piece of art, a classification they suggest has been made impossible by the press and its intractable concern with...
Dershowitz has gained notoriety for defending famous clients, including OJ Simpson and Claus Von Bulow, a socialite who was accused of attempting to kill his wife and was subsequently acquitted...
...home in Los Angeles. Born in Shreveport, La., a great-grandson of slaves, Cochran won recognition after suing police departments for abuse in the 1960s and proudly displayed copies of his plaintiffs' multimillion-dollar checks in his office. His fame crested in 1995 after his successful defense of O.J. Simpson, against seemingly overwhelming evidence, of charges that he murdered his ex-wife and her friend. Cochran's signature line, a reference to a blood-stained glove: "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit...