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8th Jul 2004, 14:29

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Well, isn't Yeager a name of German descent - Yaeger, Jaeger?

I've always harboured a very strong impression of an extremely arrogant individual, but then I guess that helped achieve what he did.

Think I'd get on better with Hoover though...