Chapter 1
Some time ago the instructor of this class lived and worked in France for a short time (you might remember having heard about his Peugeot 404 automobile earlier in the semester).  One of the people he met there was a big solidly constructed guy named Jean-Emmanuel.  If you met Manu, as he was more commonly called, at a party and if he had had a little bit to drink he would sometimes greet you by shaking your hand and saying "I could crush you" (he'd say it in English to me just to be sure I understood him).  Now so far as I know Manu never really did crush anyone, but something like that makes quite an impression.

Why did Manu say that?  What is this story all about?
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