Corsica

...FOR EASY PRINTING Anatoly Karpov suffered a defeat (3.5 -.5) at the hands of the world champion Viswanathan Anand in a rapid match in Corsica on the heels of his loss to Kasparov. The losses to these great players are understandable, but...

In this article: Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov, Chess, and Viswanathan Anand

...others, according to Henry Kissinger and Napoleon Bonaparte, it's power. Women "belong to the highest bidder", said the little man from Corsica. "Power is what they like -- it is the greatest of all aphrodisiacs." But for my money, the...

In this article: Viagra, Aphrodite, Cantharidin, Mandrake root, Berlin, Bird's nest soup, Inflammation, DVD, and Gastrointestinal bleeding

...8 Gordini, which sported the familiar bright blue paintwork and twin white stripes and finished 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th in the 1964 Tour of Corsica rally. Just as before, the Twingo Gordini Renaultsport features a gleaming Malta Blue...

In this article: Gordini, Renault, Trademark, Renault 8 Gordini, Amedee Gordini, UK, and France

...leader Jacques Bergier, who was tortured multiple times by the Gestapo, made the ludicrous "confession" that his network planned to invade Corsica. In reality they were looking for heavy water and for Werner von Braun's rocket base. As a...

In this article: Jacques Vallee, U.S., William Tecumseh Sherman, Pain and suffering, Anti-Americanism, World War Two, and Khalid Sheik Mohammed

...new cars carrying the dreaded Paris code, "75", has fallen by more than half. The d�partements of choice are 2a and 2b (upper and lower Corsica), 87 (Haute-Vienne in Limousin) and 56 (Morbihan in Brittany). Parisians, it seems, are choosing to...

In this article: Paris, France, Normandy, Brittany, Limousin, and Rhone

...developed his own sports racing and Grand Prix cars before being engaged by Renault in the mid-1950s. The Renault 8 Gordini was one of his most successful creations, finishing first, third, fourth and fifth in the 1964 Tour of Corsica rally.

In this article: Renault, Renault 8, Derivative, Renault 12 Gordini, Megane, Abarth, Amedee Gordini, Renault Sport Technologies, and Gordini

...thorn tree. Below us lay the sea now blue under a blue sky, and on the coast edge a Martello tower. The name of course comes from Corsica's Mortella Tower - so admired by British forces that the plans were sent to London, the name changing in...

In this article: Chaffinch, The Burren, Osprey, Disney, Dick Cheney, Britain, and Ireland

...but the state will not extradite him at this time, the sheriff s office reported. Blankenship has been living out of a 1988 light blue Corsica on NE Koetje Street in Oak Harbor. Oak Harbor police contacted him last week and discovered...

In this article: Island County, Colorado, Misdemeanor, and Whidbey News Times

...captured on video. He also is suspected of a second burglary, the release said. A cash register was found in the front seat of the Corsica. Anyone with information should contact the Bibb County Sheriff's Office at (478) 746-9441 or Macon...

In this article: Macon, Georgia, Parole, and Chevrolet Corsica

...of love and the sources of happiness, as well as short stories set in Restoration London, medieval Arabia and his native island of Corsica. Such works provided a therapeutic exercise for the restless young soldier. 'When I entered military...

In this article: Napoleon Bonaparte, Josephine de Beauharnais, Suicide, Cuban Revolution, Endymion, and Savrola