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15 Mar 2015, 11:51 am by Juan C. Antúnez
” - Napoleon Bonaparte “For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. [read post]
21 Mar 2008, 4:10 pm
I think we should offer him a British pasport… not just to irritate Al-Fayed, but as a token of our ‘closeness’ to France and to say, that at last, France, has an amusing leader… worthy to follow in the footsteps of Napoleon. [read post]
21 Feb 2010, 4:37 pm
  But another, more recent case strikes me as affording the best case yet for concluding that the Republican Party has decided to throw policy merits entirely to the winds and concern themselves solely with getting the Cossacks into Paris, if I may take up Senator DeMint's Napoleonic simile. [read post]
30 Sep 2009, 3:39 pm
. - Napoleon Beazley, executed May 28, 2002. [read post]
11 Jul 2012, 5:00 am by Steve McConnell
Like the author of a bad work of history pretending to know what was going through the mind of Napoleon or Torquemada, the plaintiffs offer sheer speculation. [read post]
1 Apr 2018, 9:00 pm by News Desk
“This inspection revealed that food manufactured at your facility, including eclairs, Napoleon cakes, lemon mini cakes, and biscotti, is adulterated within the meaning of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act) in that it was prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have been contaminated with filth or rendered injurious to health,” according to the warning letter. [read post]
2 Sep 2023, 11:21 pm by Frank Cranmer
Maxwell Fyfe could have added that the ECtHR as it has developed has owed a surprising amount to the common law tradition, especially the provision for minority/dissenting judgments and its readiness to cite its previous judgments – neither of which is a common feature of civilian/Napoleonic systems. [read post]
20 Jun 2012, 5:00 am by Steve McConnell
As the credits rolled, we thought of that over-used Karl Marx quote from "The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon," about how history repeats itself, "first as tragedy, then as farce. [read post]
11 Sep 2012, 12:36 pm by Roshonda Scipio
. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2005.F1923  .D83 2005HaitiThe slaves who defeated  Napoleon : Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian War of Independence,  1801-1804 / Philippe R. [read post]
31 Aug 2007, 2:05 am
Prettier Than Napoleon is one of my favorites for this reason. [read post]
17 Apr 2017, 11:48 am by Jenny Gesley
After the Napoleonic Wars, the German Confederation was founded in 1815 as a loose alliance between 39 sovereign German states. [read post]
16 May 2009, 4:06 am
EEO/iNews from State CourtsiNews Related to Equal Employment Opportunity Source: iNews © 2009 John D. [read post]
10 Nov 2007, 6:10 pm
  Nothing but a fine disdain for reality prevented Napoleon from holding off on invading Russia. [read post]
24 May 2022, 4:55 am by Nathan Dorn
In 1809, Montefiore participated in the English campaign to capture French Martinique and Guadeloupe, a battle in the Napoleonic wars, where he served as a paymaster in the York Light Infantry volunteers. [read post]
18 May 2007, 7:57 am
"Holmes," said Watson, turning a five-pound note between his fingers, "I've been thinking back to our visit to your brother Mycroft and that extraordinary bank — I should say, investment bank — of which he is a director. [read post]
5 Mar 2012, 2:00 am by Steve Lombardi
 Napoleon And Samantha - (1972) (Lion) (Johnny Whitaker) 45. [read post]
11 Oct 2011, 6:39 am by Rebecca Tushnet
Napoleon drove the Order from Malta in 1798, after which the knights scattered, with some returning to their homelands and others relocating to Russia. [read post]
19 May 2017, 10:52 am by Jim Martin
This Saturday is Armed Forces Day in the United States, a day set aside to recognize the men and women who serve in the active and reserve components of the armed forces of the United States. [read post]