Word: waterlooed
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...Buonaparte," he said, "won at Austerlitz and lost at Waterloo. Malaparte loses at Austerlitz and wins at Waterloo." I knew him from 1925 until his death, and even wrote a "fictitious reminiscence" about him. I can assure you that the hatred and contempt were of his last writing period alone and never in his personal relations...
Captain Rees Howell Gronow was a dapper, wicked little Welshman. He fought with distinction beside Wellington in the Peninsula and at Waterloo; he gossiped and gamed at the best clubs of Regency London. He matched wit and waistcoats with Beau Brummell, shot pistols with Lord Byron. And in his later years, he sat sucking the handle of his cane in the window of his Paris club while the Revolution of 1848 raged in the streets below. Then he wrote his reminiscences...
While Napoleon was busy collecting countries, his maternal half uncle, a priest named Joseph Fesch, was busy collecting art. Pulling rank (he soon became a cardinal) Fesch acquired Dutch masters, Italian primitives and renaissance greats. Waterloo meant little to Fesch; he simply moved into the Vatican; but after that he had to rely more on his eye. Once in a junk shop he spied a cupboard with a finely painted door, even though one plank was missing. Later, he found the missing section as part of a stool. Today the picture is on view in the Vatican museum-Leonardo...
Assuming he escapes that Waterloo, the pool possessor's next problem is a century-old precedent that property owners may be liable for dangerous activity, such as flooding, that takes place on their land and affects adjacent land. The pool owner is exempt only if he can blame a third party or an act of God. Under "nuisance law." which amply covers swimming pools, the neighbors may also sue or enjoin the poolster from all sorts of annoyances-glaring lights, noisy swimmers, noxious chlorine, and bug-breeding stagnant water...
...Waterloo. Dick Nixon's miserably managed campaign and subsequent defeat added the imperative to Barry's call. The national G.O.P. organization was left in total disarray, and no one seemed interested in repairing it. No one, that is, except Goldwater's conservative enthusiasts. They went to work with a will, gradually taking over county and town committees, grooming their own local candidates, and tirelessly plugging Barry...