And I know oojay is gone, but the Rio De Janeiro tournament never existed. It was an excuse to put the title on Patterson and what better way than to make up a tournament in a South American country. This happens a lot in the early days of the WWWF and the regional territories.

Sorry dude.....



I'll get to the Stalin and military leadership issue later. I can assure you that Stalin did not have near as much to do with the fall of Berlin as many would believe.

.....Fact

I think you're confusing 'Stalin' with 'The Russian Army'. Most countries* would try to defend themselves in the event of invasion.

The Axis tried to invade Russia. The HUGE Russian army disagreed. Yes, Stalin had made the army bigger (at huge expense to Russian citizens) but the Russians would have fought back even if their army had been smaller. Because Russians is hardcore. A leader doesn't have to be psychotic to instruct his country to defend itself against invasionary forces.

*except France.

Back to the answers and away from the political stuff.

David Bowie used to be called David Jones but changed his name because of the monkees Davy Jones

A ballad is a story, usually a narrative or poem, in a song. Any story form may be told as a ballad, such as historical accounts or fairy tales in verse form. It usually has foreshortened, alternating four stress lines ("ballad meter") and simple repeating rhymes, often with a refrain.

If it is based on political or religious themes, a ballad may be a hymn. It should not be confused with the ballade, a 14th and 15th century French verse form.