Marching Band

belief that both French policy and the Orient were designed to serve his views, emerged from his recollection: In Egypt, I found myself freed from the obstacles of an irksome civilization. I was full of dreams . . . I saw myself founding a religion, marching into Asia, riding an elephant, a turban on my head and in my hand the new Koran that I would have composed to suit my needs.57 Reality was to prove otherwise. The French cultural supposition of superiority and their arrogance of…

out, – Thornton‟s! Ar‟ t‟ going to dine at Thornton‟s? Ask him to give yo‟ a bumper to the success of his orders. By th‟ twenty-first, I reckon, he‟ll be pottered in his brains how to get „em done in time. Tell him, there‟s seven hundred‟ll come marching into Marlborough Mills, the morning after he gives the five per cent, and will help him through his contract in no time. You‟ll have „em all there. My master, Hamper. He‟s one o‟ th‟ oud-fashioned sort. Ne‟er meets a man bout an…

structures, such as buildings or bridges, where it can produce instabilities possibly leading to the catastrophic failure of the structure. For example, soldiers traditionally break step when crossing a bridge to eliminate the periodic force of their marching that could resonate with a natural frequency of the bridge. Another example occurred in the design of the high-pressure fuel turbopump for the space shuttle main engine. The turbopump was unstable and could not be operated…