Word: overlords
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...abated on June 6? World War II chronicler and Eisenhower biographer Stephen Ambrose argues that without air cover and paratrooper support, the first waves of Allied troops would have been incapable of fighting. Eisenhower could not have withdrawn them. Hitler could have held his positions, and Operation Overlord, the master plan for reconquering Europe, would have disintegrated. Ike would have lost his job, the Churchill government could have fallen, and President Franklin Roosevelt might have failed in his bid for a fourth term...
...first breakthrough came when he landed a job as secretary and telegrapher to Tom Scott, a powerful overlord of the Pennsylvania Railroad. At 23 Carnegie headed Pennsy's Pittsburgh division and began to rake in a small fortune from outside investments ranging from oil to iron bridges. When he was 33, the rich young man privately lectured himself that his continued pursuit of wealth "must degrade me beyond hope of permanent recovery." Yet he couldn't abandon the money chase. "Put all your eggs into one basket," Carnegie once advised, "and then watch that basket." For him that basket brimmed...
Last month, Jedi overlord George Lucas quietly announced, via his web site, that the release date for "Star Wars: Episode I" would be May 21, 1999. No surprise there --?for months, Hollywood has assumed that the prequel would land around Memorial Day weekend. But intriguingly, Lucas added that the heavily anticipated film would not have the "widest possible release," but would open only in "quality" theaters. "I'm not trying to break any records," said Lucas. "I'm interested in quality presentation, and a positive group experience for everyone who comes to see this film...
Store employees have no opinions of the eclectic inventory. Blodgett listlessly declares in a dull monotone, "It makes no difference to me." Further questions send her into retreat behind the "Employees Only" full-gauge double steel door in the corner of the store. Then she talks to the overlord they call "the manager," (an investigation of Blodgett's workplace during her absence reveals a small black box with hundreds of blinking lights, each possibly representing the heartbeat of a co-worker) and essentially disappears...
Harvard Square Defense Fund overlord expresses concern about new Friday's--but stops short of nixing the plan...