The idea that there WAS a god, though, a living ... well, not breathing, god, still amazed him. He hadn't been an atheist, naturally. No sane moral pe...son would call themselves one of those. But, god, or, God, had been for those better than him. For those with family, friends. God had seemed to have no place in his plans for Tom, so Tom had not bothered to have a place for God.That, he now knew, had been very stupid of him.The fish sizzled nicely. He probably should learn how to cook it well,. The Siegfried Line stretched from the border with the Netherlands to the border with Switzerland. It was almost 400 miles in length and was heavily fortified with pillboxes and underground fortifications.The first allied crossing of the Rhine River into Germany was in March 1945 near Mainz, Germany. They took the Germans by surprise and established a beachhead before the defenders could react to the crossing. I was somewhat surprised at this statement in the research I did on the subject. ..The first trip to the lake; the 1951 Mercury two door. I was eleven. Charlie was 12 for three more months ... then he’d be 13, a teenager in September. Charlie and I fought so hard in the backseat. I’ll bet daddy yelled at us to shut up a dozen times a mile. Well, maybe not ... but at least that many times an hour.Daddy blew his stack.He pulled over on a National Forest side road, and made us get out.“Okay,” he said. “Have at it.”“What?” Chuck said.“Huh?” I said.“Charles,” mother said.“Vera. I took over as managing partner after Irving retired; as I told him, I can do trial but I’m really better behind the scenes. Hugo quickly became our primary litigator. His closing arguments are just as strong, just as moving as the speech he made to Irving that day in the cabin, and his handling of witnesses, always knowing when they’re telling it straight and when they’re lying, is nothing short of spectacular.And prosecutors and the cops don’t hide exonerating evidence from us, either. The.