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Later, however, the fraud came to light and both Michael and his double were arrested. Last week Michael was found guilty and sentenced to death; his impersonator was acquitted. He could not, said the court-martial, be held responsible for his actions. As Michael was marched off to await execution, his ailing double departed for a tuberculosis sanatorium on the outskirts of Athens, where $1,500 worth of treatment might save his life...
...London, Princess Elizabeth caused something of a flurry by leaving Buckingham Palace (where she had reportedly settled down to await the birth of her baby next month) and showing up for the wedding of her secretary and her lady in waiting...
...assured that the blow will come after his Master has left the city for the summer. But when at the last minute the Captain decides to stay, George is compelled to betray the plot. The militia are called, and Denmark Vesey, forsaken by all his "disciples," is left to await his own doom...
Outmoded? But new problems and unfinished old ones rushed in on him. The piers need modernization. The city needs a new subway line under Second Avenue; its old lines and underground stations are in ramshackle disrepair. Problems of smoke control, traffic control, street cleaning await solution...
...live in, another for his study. The steeple was twisted by a high wind and must be somewhat altered in design.There is a cabbage crop planted on the plot of land (donated by the U.S. Army) where the factory will be, and the foundation-laying must await the harvest...