Word: billete
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...were affected, some of them isolated by 8 in. of snow on the narrow mountain roads. In the settlement of Alikelle, only two people survived out of 70 families. In the town of Caldiran, where 2,023 people once lived, only one structure remained standing: an army officers' billet...
...agricultural advisers to farming cooperatives formed from nationalized estates, manning many of Angola's hospitals, and helping to rebuild the country's shattered road systems. These civilian advisers seem to be well liked. Posters salute them as OUR BLOOD BROTHERS, and a reciprocal sign in a Cuban billet proclaims: WE ARE LATIN AFRICANS. Generally, the visitors keep a low profile in Luanda; they are seldom seen in great numbers except on weekends, when they congregate on a beach reserved for them to play their guitars, sing songs, play soccer or volleyball. Says one Portuguese resident of the capital...
...Marie-Laure de Decker are the only two who have been honored in the past by explicit mention in the press. The unpublished catalogue of alleged paramours, however, grows daily, and threatens to become the French equivalent of the now defunct White House "enemies list" as the sought-after billet of dubious distinction...
...NIGHT. A sly, shrewd billet-doux to the giddy excesses of film making and film makers from François Truffaut...
...sort of an aerial billet-doux. "HI JOHN!" it read. "THINGS ARE EVEN BETTER AT SUFFOLK DOWNS." The offer offered free admission to any fan who admitted he had seen Harvard play Northeastern, and had a ticket stub to prove...