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...autocrats of the Cocos mint their own bone money (metal coins, they believe, might cause their subjects to become money mad), make and administer their own laws, order executions (by drowning at sea), give each native who marries a house as wedding present. Each king has provided a bronze bust of himself for the royal gallery, each has maintained an unfailing cellar of matured Scotch whiskey in the royal "palace" (a sprawling teak-and-tile mansion...
Last week Ritchie and friends moved into the Seattle area to harangue a big crowd at suburban Bellevue. A bust of "America's No. 1 Jap Hater," offered as a door prize, turned out to be a likeness of General Douglas MacArthur. Money clinked musically as ushers moved down the aisles...
...sent a registered letter to a firm known as Harvest House, to which she had once sold a photograph. The letter, which the attorney kindly wrote for her, threatened suit if the firm did not cease using her photograph to advertise a book entitled, The Complete Guide to Bust Culture...
Since our last appearance in print many and great things have happened in the lives of local stalwarts. The heralded "Beer Bust" came off in record time with everything in sight, including twenty-four cases, consumed in one hour and ten minutes--somewhat of a Distinction for our guzzling class after the slow performances of the two less talented classes which preceded us in the same line of endeavor. Individual honors for consumption and antics were carried off by a member of a set of twins who are locally famous for their literary efforts. He was, however, closely followed...
Fistfuls from Firehouse. Because Check is played with a 48-card pinochle deck (i.e., two ordinary 52-card decks with all cards below the nine discarded), every deal is bound to provide a fistful of aces, kings and queens. Bridge players, accustomed to holding a number of "bust" hands during an evening of play, will perk up at such a splash of face cards. Then, too, whereas bridge games often drag out as hands are passed because they are too evenly distributed, almost every Check deal gives either side a chance to bid and make a contract...