Tom-SJ

France was involved in, and lost two foreign wars after WW2: Algeria War of Independence from1954-1962, and First Indochina (Vietnam) War from 1946-1954.

So far, we lost in Vietnam (1964-1973, and it sure looks like we are losing in Iraq. Tell me how this time, things will be different.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algerian_War_of_Indep...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Indochina_War

in Southern California (So Cal, the Southland, whatever) use "The" when identifying the number of their freeways* ?

People in Northern California** just identify a freeway by its number or name alone. (We also use names, but not as often: Bayshore Fwy, Nimitz Fwy, Redwood Hwy, Panoramic Hwy, etc.)

So, what's the deal with the "The"? ("The" as in "duh", not as in "thee".)

*For what it's worth, Southern Californians used to refer to their freeways with names (Long Beach Fwy, Santa Ana Fwy, San Diego Fwy, Golden State Fwy), but that practiced has ended. I suspect all the radio traffic reporters needed more time to deal with the increasing number of traffic events, so they dropped the naming convention.

** just to clarify, nobody up here calls it "Nor Cal" except for people from So Cal and The Valley.

Robert McNamara, 1960's - Vietnam

Donald Rumsfeld, 2000's - Iraq

Their decisions, policies, plans and execution of same.

Sports, entertainment, business,... anything.

Examples: you gotta give 110%, there's no "i" in team, 24/7, this feature is 'compelling', etc.