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...downfall deposited as much as 31.5 inches of rain by Dec. 26, melted Sierra snowpacks like a blowtorch, streamed off steep hillsides in the rugged redwood country. Swollen mountain streams burst out of the woods like furious brown snakes, swallowing topsoil and drowning animals. The Klamath, Russian, Mad, Eel, Ten Mile, Navarro and other rivers picked up speed, boiled out of gorges toward the Pacific, wrecked railroads and cut coastal U.S. Highway...
...private detective who flunked his FBI physical "because of dirty fingernails." and acts as a special investigator for the "Committee on the Disposition of Useless Documents." And there is Millionaire Kilk's man Friday, whose English is by way of Harry Lev as he invokes the Roosevelt "Nude Eel," makes an "important lung-distant call" and regards any setback for John Henry as "a terrible shot to th' boy's nerves cistern." Among them, this unlikely crew make Taurum Topic A all over the globe. The Moslem Brotherhood warns that "Israeli plotters [are] at the bottom...
...fury among authorized archaeologists; genuine Etruscan antiquities began to appear again on the black market. Stealthy detective work told the authorities where the treasures were coming from. Another lagoon, the Valle Pega, was being drained, and as the waters shallowed, the Comacchiesi stole out at night in their eel boats and probed the mud with steel-tipped poles. When they touched something hard, they dug in the mud and drew out an Attic vase or an Etruscan bronze. The archaeologists called the cops, and the Comacchiesi were routed, but not before they had dug a considerable amount of treasure...
...hour after the start, Winnie turned back, having lost her escort boat in the darkness. Through the long night, Florence and little Marilyn churned along, against choppy waves. The youngster was frightened. Once an eel fastened onto her leg, but she kicked it off. By morning, Marilyn was weary, and badly in need of a mental lift. Then she heard that the great Florence Chadwick had given up, sickened by oil slicks and rough water. Marilyn plowed on. Winds blew her off course, but she fought back...
...item "Greyed Eel to Be Said": Although BBC announcers may have their own enunciatory peculiarities, they're not alone in this respect. Right here in the U.S. one can find some equally puzzling variations. Samples...