Marshall, the greatest soldier-statesman since George Washington, was wrong to oppose arms shipments to Great Britain in 1940, and wrong to argue for a cross-channel invasion during the early years of World War II, before the U.S. was ready.

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CableLabs recently announced that Motorola's "M-Card" has joined Scientific Atlanta's offering in finally earning the organization's coveted "qualified" status, paving the way for such great functionality as picture-in-picture on compatible TVs and multi-channel recording for properly-equipped DVRs.

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Meanwhile Mr Carr - well known for the Top 100 list programmes on Channel 4 - said he was keen to give his backing to "a great British institution".

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"We are working on a few stand-alone films... derived from great Star Wars characters, " Disney CEO Bob Iger told the CNBC channel on Tuesday.

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