Word: resorting
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Miss Bailey's next-and last-resort was the U.S. Supreme Court...
Stalin opened his letter with the same limping apologies that non-Marxist non-dictators resort to. "Dear Alexei, Maximovich!-A heap of excuses and a plea that you won't abuse me for my late (too late!) answer. Besides that, I was a bit sick. This, of course, cannot excuse me. But it explains...
...railway stations of Shumen and Mirkovo, Panporovo summer resort and Belmeken mountain were renamed for Kolarov...
...dignities and privileges." These include ceremonial salutes (9 to 21 guns, depending on rank and custom), the use of red automobile license plates, and the right to be called Your Highness. Each prince is allowed one palace for everyday living and a second palace at a seashore or hill resort. The fattest purse goes to the Nizam of Hyderabad, fabled richest man in the world, who gets 5,000,000 rupees a year. The leanest, 192 rupees, goes to the Talukdar of Kadodia, lord of a tiny village in the Kathiawar desert...
Sheep & Goats. A Cornish cliff collapses on top of a seaside resort hotel, squashing everybody but those lucky enough to be away on a picnic. Actually, according to Author Kennedy, the picnickers were more than just lucky: God has been separating the sheep from the goats before blasting that particular bit of Cornwall. Filling in the story for Him, Author Kennedy collects a huge cast of characters and tells minutely why so & so was spared...