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  • I consider suggesting they rename the ICE trains "Pattons," but my grouchiness dissipated as I watch the rolling rurual countryside fly by.

    Mungowitz in Deutschland--Day 1 2009

  • On that day, the students march confidently, "like a bunch of invading Pattons," into the course known as Skills 1.

    Two Years Before the Pans Moira Hodgson 2011

  • And then Pattons staff officers presented these documents for his - as a souvenir, they presented them to Patton.

    Four Pages That Decreed Six Million Deaths 2010

  • Military officers really are not risk takers with a few exceptions: the Pattons of the world.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » 2009 » July 2009

  • Military officers really are not risk takers with a few exceptions: the Pattons of the world.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Bankers’ Bonuses: 2009

  • Military officers really are not risk takers with a few exceptions: the Pattons of the world.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Risk Taking: 2009

  • Another serious problem with this statement is how we are told these generals are the Pattons of counterinsurgency and that mastery of large scale military operations is the secret to military success.

    Archive 2008-04-01 Tripp 2008

  • Another serious problem with this statement is how we are told these generals are the Pattons of counterinsurgency and that mastery of large scale military operations is the secret to military success.

    Hyperbole should be used carefully Tripp 2008

  • What's neat about Peeping Tom, as the project is called, is that for Patton fans, all the added talent serves to provide a foundation for, rather than drown out, Pattons 'familiar-yet-entropic musical style.

    Wednesdays are Weird (Music (For Robots)) 2006

  • Krauthammer is one of those arm-chair General Pattons who rarely, if ever, indicates that he feels pain about the loss of soldiers whether in Lebanon, Iraq or anywhere else.

    MJ Rosenberg: Diplomacy Speaks Louder than Arm-Chair Generals 2008

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