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== Anime and Manga ==
== Anime and Manga ==
* In the ''[[Lucky Star]]'' OVA, Tsukasa got one of these in the volleyball game against Kagami.
* In the ''[[Lucky Star]]'' OVA, Tsukasa got one of these in the volleyball game against Kagami.
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** It was more that, while the Germans were gaining ground, they were also taking just horrific casualties in the process, while marching away from their railheads, which meant that they were outrunning their supplies. They hit their culminating point, the Allied counteroffensive began, and what was left of the German army just collapsed, while the unprotected border with Austria was endangered by the annihilation of the Austrian army at Vittorio Veneto.
** It was more that, while the Germans were gaining ground, they were also taking just horrific casualties in the process, while marching away from their railheads, which meant that they were outrunning their supplies. They hit their culminating point, the Allied counteroffensive began, and what was left of the German army just collapsed, while the unprotected border with Austria was endangered by the annihilation of the Austrian army at Vittorio Veneto.
* In December 1995, [[Michael Jackson]] was preparing a concert, ''One Night Only'', at New York City's Beacon Theater; his first live concert in over two years, and his first in the U.S. since 1989, it was to be simulcast on HBO. Three days before the show was to air, [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20396305_300055,00.html he collapsed onstage] during a rehearsal and was rushed to the hospital. The show was never rescheduled (no reason why has ever been given), and the incident and the subsequent ''New York Post'' headline "Jacko On His Backo" became fodder for a ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketch that ran the night the concert was to have aired.
* In December 1995, [[Michael Jackson]] was preparing a concert, ''One Night Only'', at New York City's Beacon Theater; his first live concert in over two years, and his first in the U.S. since 1989, it was to be simulcast on HBO. Three days before the show was to air, [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20396305_300055,00.html he collapsed onstage] during a rehearsal and was rushed to the hospital. The show was never rescheduled (no reason why has ever been given), and the incident and the subsequent ''New York Post'' headline "Jacko On His Backo" became fodder for a ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketch that ran the night the concert was to have aired.
* In 1917 Italian general Pietro Badoglio realized that the Austro-Hungarian army was about to launch an offensive that could have broke the Italian lines, so he carefully set up an artillery trap to annihilate the enemy forces at a chokepoint. The Austro-Hungarian offensive came and broke the lines at Caporetto, the enemy forces arrived at his chokepoint... And the Italian artillery didn't open fire because he had ordered them to wait for his orders and had remained isolated.
* In 1917 Italian general Pietro Badoglio realized that the Austro-Hungarian army was about to launch an offensive that could have broken the Italian lines, so he carefully set up an artillery trap to annihilate the enemy forces at a chokepoint. The Austro-Hungarian offensive came and broke the lines at Caporetto, the enemy forces arrived at his chokepoint... And the Italian artillery didn't open fire because he had ordered them to wait for his orders and had remained isolated.


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