Word: chauffeur
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...That queer feeling our chauffeur had when he heard a 'smack' and discovered an anti-aircraft bullet not over 10 yd. from where he was standing in front of our apartment...
Serenade begins when tough, embittered John Howard Sharp, once an opera star, now a singer in tenth-rate Mexico City night clubs, gets involved in an argument with a bullfighter over a prostitute, takes her home, is invited to act as bookkeeper and chauffeur for a disreputable hotel in the steamy coast town of Acapulco. As he is driving to Acapulco with the owlish, observant Juana, a storm drives them into one of Mexico's closed churches, where Howard builds a fire, cooks meals, despite Juana's fears of sacrilege. While the candles blow out, thunder rolls...
...would just pick out the one that I thought made the most sense." Aged only 13, Crown Prince Leopold was permitted to enlist in the Belgian Army as a private, and before the War was over had fought in the trenches under fire. His redoubtable father, when a treacherous chauffeur attempted to kidnap King Albert to the German lines, drew his royal pistol and executed the miscreant...
Intending to toot her horn briefly last night at the intersetion of Linden and Mt. Auburn Streets, a woman driver was distressed when it continued to blow for exactly two minutes and 30 seconds. A passing chauffeur finally silenced the racket, and lusty cheers of relief could be heard the length of the Gold Coast...
...story of an attempt to kidnap the radio general himself. Weeks ago General Queipo de Llano set out on an inspection trip of the lines north of Córdoba. Entranced by his ceaseless flow of conversation, staff officers did not notice until almost too late that the chauffeur had put on a sudden burst of speed, was heading straight for the Leftist lines. A quick revolver shot in the back killed the chauffeur, ended the attempt. The party drove back to headquarters quietly...