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Waterloo—You Know, Like in the ABBA Song

Italian exec with loose grasp of history becomes YouTube hit

By Greg Atwan,  Newser User

Posted Apr 8, 2008 11:04 AM CDT

(Newser) – An telecom exec came up short in a motivational speech to employees when he called the battle of Waterloo a victory for Napoleon. Now clips of the animated Italian manager urging his staff to "go ahead and score like Napoleon at Waterloo" have become...   Read full story »

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