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...aged him for he was subjected to a peculiar, unremitting strain. He knew that every day everyone he encountered expected to leave the presence of the King with a higher heart and more determined to win the War. It was no uncommon thing in France to hear men worn to the uttermost say, 'If the King can stick this War, so can I, God bless...
...Reign. After King Edward sickened at balmy Biarritz, but managed to die gamely of bronchitis in inclement England, King George faced at the outset of his reign in 1910 the grim political dilemma which many Englishmen thought had worn down his father and quickened Death...
...retailer recently put its toy stores up for sale and plans to focus on its fast-growing and less seasonal Babies "R" Us stores. Buyout firms are circling--quite the comeuppance for a company once feared as the Darth Vader of mom-and-pop toy shops (a helmet now worn by Wal-Mart). Analysts expect dozens if not hundreds of Toys "R" Us stores to close next year--funneling more shoppers to the discounters where they can just as easily pop a Harry Potter DVD in the cart and scrap the toy altogether. To help keep Toys "R" Us afloat...
...desire to bond with us over Amstel Light or an episode of the Daily Show, Dave is our day-to-day, true-blue hero. He embodies the ethos of FM: be serious, but don’t take yourself too seriously, and we love him for it. His well-worn proofer’s shoes will be hard to fill next semester. Aye aye, Cap?...
...soldiers seized her wrists and pinned her to the floor. First one man; then the other. Maka shut her eyes and tried to cry out, but her assailants wadded her tobe, the long, colorful shawl worn by Sudanese women, and stuffed it down her throat, choking her. "You are the wife of a rebel," they taunted, and beat her. When it was done they spat and called her a sodomite...