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...morning last week, after 53-year-old Jimmy had eaten breakfast, says Mama, "he just up and died." _ When Mama spread the word about Jimmy's last wish, 26 jazzmen called in, offering to play at his funeral. Four were chosen: Lee Collins and Jimmy Ilia, trumpets; Miff Mole, trombone; and Jimmy Granato, clarinet...
...Rockies keeps the rich range grasses clear of snow, is one of North America's great pasture lands. Its sleek, black Aberdeen-Angus, white-faced Herefords and square-built red Shorthorns provide more than a quarter of Canada's beef supply; steaks from Alberta steers are eaten as far away as Karachi, capital of Pakistan, half the circuit around the globe...
...Belching: ". . . in some countries a belch is a gesture of thanks, which means the person has eaten so much he can't eat any more, but one must be careful of this...
...first, they thought it was a mild epidemic of meat poisoning. But the calls kept flooding in. By Monday, 70 houses in the village had become tiny hospitals, with most of their families in bed. Then the doctors found their first clue: every one of the patients had eaten bread from the shop of Baker Roch Briand. All eight of Pont-Saint-Esprit's bakeries were ordered temporarily shut...
...Silence. When, after a five-day lapse (longest so far), the teams faced each other again in Kaesong, the Reds trotted out their moth-eaten demands for a buffer zone along the 38th parallel, as if they were brand-new. Admiral Joy made it clear that his side still insisted on a more defensible line, approximating present battle positions, but that he was willing to discuss some compromise. One day, after Joy had stated his position, Nam II sat silent for two hours and eleven minutes, chain-smoking through his curved cigaret holder, fidgeting and looking at his watch...