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Broil in Private. In all the cement pouring din, what of the well-to-do few who once had huge hunks of the Caribbean to themselves? They are still there, but in a new kind of resort away from the crowds where they can crawl off to their own undisturbed beach and broil in private peace. They frequently join in cooperatives, started either by a millionaire real estate developer or by a group of friends who pool their money for property on which to build a cottage colony. And since the co-ops are strictly screened, the members...
...Guinness has become a useful handbook for any newspaperman who wants to spice a story with a few superlatives. Last week the second U.S. edition was rolling off the presses with the latest answers to unlikely questions: the world's mustache champ, says the new Guinness, is Masudiya Din. a Bombay Brahman who sports 6 ft. 4 in. of lip adornment ;* the fecund female was the wife of Russia's Fedor Vassilet, who bore him 69 children-16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets, four sets of quads-in the 19th century...
...Even in its latest edition, Guinness is out of date. At last report, Masudiya Din had moved to Uttar Pradesh, and his mustache had grown until it stretched 8½ft. from...
...else fails, Beth Din will go ahead with the Get ceremony, originally prescribed by Talmudic scholars of Biblical times. Three rabbis, a scribe and two witnesses are present with the estranged couple. In answer to the rabbis' questions, the couple give their names (in Hebrew), their parents' names, their residence, assurance that both husband and wife freely accede to the action. The scribe writes down the information in Aramaic on a piece of parchment, making sure that the decree comes out no longer than the twelve lines established by custom. When the scribe is finished, the document...
...Beth Din's answer: Not on that ground alone...