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Richard Wagner, HIGHLAND...
...yield hundreds of shockingly vivid vignettes from the beaches and trenches. You won't soon forget the account of Bill Millin, bagpiper for the 1st Special Service Brigade of the British Army, who had to march out of the surf onto Sword Beach under rifle and mortar fire playing "Highland Laddie." And Beevor focuses on things other writers have neglected. For example, he doesn't gloss over the hideous costs paid by French civilians. The Allies, before liberating them, bombed them relentlessly in an attempt to paralyze the German army. Three thousand French civilians died during the first 24 hours...
...plunk down billions of dollars on deals in recent weeks is a sign that senior executives believe the economy has bottomed and that buying now is better than buying later. "It's clearly a sign of renewed optimism" in the market and sector, says Peter Bell, general partner at Highland Capital Partners, a venture-capital firm in Boston...
...Republicans are also refusing to anoint Crist; Pasco County's GOP committee, which supported him against a conservative primary opponent in 2006, backed Rubio this time by 73-9 in a straw poll, and Lee County's Republican activists gave Crist a similar thumping. Rubio did even better in Highland County, whitewashing Crist...
...Just across the road from the Smokehouse is the plusher Cameron Highlands Resort, www.cameronhighlandsresort.com. Bedecked in Jim Thompson textiles (in memoriam the former CIA agent turned silk mogul, who disappeared while on a walk in the Camerons in 1967), the 56 rooms and suites offer lush views of the Cameron Highlands Golf Course and the hills beyond. The Highland Bar is the venue for sundowners and single malts, and the Jim Thompson Tea Room the place for high tea. If you don't feel like ingesting it, head for the Spa Village and have it applied externally - in the form...