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[1] [2] By 1944, Patton had been established as a highly effective and successful leader, noted for his ability to inspire his men with charismatic speeches, which he delivered from memory because of a lifelong trouble with reading. [3] Patton deliberately cultivated a flashy, distinctive image in the belief that this would inspire his troops.
[3] Although the joke is followed triumphantly by the German anthem "Deutschland über alles", the attack is ineffective, and merely confuses any Britons listening. The British joke is said to have been laid to rest when "peace broke out" at the end of the war, and countries agree to a joke warfare ban at the Geneva Convention. [3]
The Meaning of Meaning: A Study of the Influence of Language upon Thought and of the Science of Symbolism (1923) is a book by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards. It is accompanied by two supplementary essays by Bronisław Malinowski and F. G. Crookshank .
Bergstutz or Stollwurm. In the folklore of the Alpine region of south-central Europe, the Tatzelwurm (German: [ˈtatsl̩ˌvʊʁm]), Stollenwurm, or Stollwurm is a lizard-like creature, often described as having the face of a cat, with a serpent-like body which may be slender or stubby, with four short legs or two forelegs and no hindlegs.
Papyromancy is a way of divination through folding paper. Some say a true papyromancer can crumple up any piece of paper, unfold it, and predict the future from the creased lines [1] reading the creased paper the way that a palm reader would read a person's palm. Another form of papyromancy is done by folding an illustrated piece of paper and ...
When the prediction is bad, it is a custom to fold up the strip of paper and attach it to a pine tree or a wall of metal wires alongside other bad fortunes in the temple or shrine grounds. A purported reason for this custom is a pun on the word for pine tree ( 松 , matsu ) and the verb 'to wait' ( 待つ , matsu ) , the idea being that the bad ...
Stoll's wife stated that she threw the paper away the night Stoll died. [7] Furthermore she just came forward with the information about the piece of paper, half a year after Stoll's death. Therefore police don't even know if "YOG'TZE" is the combination Stoll wrote on the piece of paper. [8] The meaning of the letters "YOG'TZE" remains unknown.
The Goddamned was published by Image Comics. [1] The comics are written by Jason Aaron, illustrated by R. M. Guéra, colored by Giulia Brusco, and lettered by Jared K. Fletcher. [2] The Goddamned was Aaron's follow up to Scalped. [3] The story of The Goddamned follows the biblical character of Cain. [4]