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...European king and his mistress (not Carol and Magda, the author hastens to say) are passing their exile in Mexico City, eating high on the lotus as they await admission to the U.S. With them are the king's chamberlain, a villain as cold as a Danube carp, and a sadistic international financier, who keeps thin, boned whips in his bureau drawer...
...vacant suites which will be turned over to members of '53 cover the entire price range, and include doubles, triples and larger suites. Furthermore, there are several pairs of adjoining suites which will await sophomores moving down in large numbers who relish the idea of open fire-doors and communal living...
...circulation man, Sherry was interested in (and depressed by) what appears to be an old Indian custom. Each newsstand dealer has a "readers' circle" of customers who await their turns to rent a copy of TIME or LIFE International for half the newsstand price...
Christ or Baseball? Singly and in little groups, sweatered and blue-jeaned undergraduates streamed onto the stage, filling up the choir chairs to await their turns. Hour after hour they kept coming. All night long, all the next day, all through the following night and half the following day, students poured out confessions of past sins and rededicated themselves...
...magistrate asked if he needed help in finding a lawyer. "I don't know of anybody," said Klaus Fuchs. He was led to jail, to await an early trial...