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...evacuated from Dunkirk-ignored him, remaining loyal to the Vichy regime of Marshal Philippe Pétain. Cook summarizes De Gaulle's monumental presumption: "A marshal of France and head of government had ordered French soldiers to lay down their arms before the enemy. A brigadier general virtually unknown outside military circles was refusing to obey, and compounding this disobedience by calling upon others to join...
...though the names of campaign power bosses are unknown to the average voter, the hierarchy is clearly fixed for those on the inside. Aides are quick to list those they see as holding the reins-and those perceptions differ little within each team...
From start to finish, her life was Broadway legend. She believed in herself so fiercely that as an unknown she pushed her way into a job as a chorus girl in George White's celebrated Scandals...
...congestive heart failure; in Liberty, Ky. Although bloodshed between the rural Appalachian clans ceased long ago, it was not until May 1976 that former Coal Miner McCoy and the late Willis Hatfield, then 88, shook hands to end America's most famous misunderstanding, the origins of which are unknown. Last week, to the strains of Amazing Grace, the McCoys gathered to pay their last respects-at the Hatfield Funeral Chapel in Toler...
...fact, the entire team worked in spurts, moving into an unknown Twilight Zone, then beaming back to Marvel. While Harvard fans displayed "Go For It. Crimson" signs and kept waiting for their squad to blow the lid off the Bruins' home gym, the Crimson seemed a bit listless after its victory at Yale the night before. But as tried as the squad appeared, they did muster the energy to keep Brown in the contest...