@OldNewYork1664 The nearest thing to European feudalism that took root in the territory of the original 13 states, despite the strong Dutch contributions to what became American freedoms.
@clark_aviation One of several "DC-3" replacement designs that did not replace anything. While Donald Douglas and Art Raymond liked the DC-5, it would be hard to beat the Potez 841 for elegance.
@JoyceCarolOates Sometimes, auto-correct has the right idea. I once wrote "a [frightfully important] person, speaking under Chatham House rules" which was rendered "Chowder House rules".
@simonharley Good to practice friendly national anthems. The Marine Band still has not lived down the time when, instead of the Austrian national anthem, they played Edelweiss from the Sound of Music.
@kristenauthor Barker knew how to do creative non-fiction. He was a journalist and a Spitfire pilot. His account of the Bermuda Sky Queen and what it took for everyone to walk away from that one is a classic,
@gem_ste As Dickie 3 found out to his posthumous sorrow, if Willie Shakespear makes you a villain, all the historians, all the king's hoses and all the king's men will not put your place in history together again.
@adonispara A perceptive student and practicioner of insurgency and counter-insurgency taken from us much too soon. He would have been pleased to have seen RENAMO sitting in the parliament of Mozambique.