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What books are you reading at the moment? -Lynn K. Gardaz in MacauI love historical accounts and I'm reading about the Battle of Jutland in 1916 between the German High Seas Fleet and the British Frand Fleet. It's the last of the great Armadas facing each other, and it never happened again. I love history. I'm fascinated by World War I, by how the whole map of Europe changed so radically between 1914 and 1918. It's never been the same since, and we're still struggling with those changes...
...occasionally erratic hot water. "The roof is a continuing, lingering problem," William H. Marquess, senior advisor to Canaday, says. The leaky roof seems to be a design defect, many officials say. Specifically, a stainless steel roof and gutter system expands and contracts with fluctuations in temperature, creating cracks, Frand A. Marciano, superintendent in Buildings and Grounds, says. "Some of the roofing problems are going to be cleared up this summer," with the realignment of gutters, Marciano adds; in the past, efforts at preventing leaks have been limited to caulking and the removal of heavy snow accumulation by workmen...
Jayvees--Lovett, Jackson, Crocker, l.e.; Kidder, Burrage, l.t.; Brocks, J. Ayer, l.g.; Lockwood, Simmons, Cabot, c.; DeVive, R. Ayer, r.g.; Elwell, r.t.; Welcott, Frand, l.c.; Rabinovitz, De Give, q.b.; Whipple Lupien, l.h.; Adams, Fines, r.h.; Beale, Fallen...
...Dillon 21, will represent the "Marine National Bank" which is trying to recover the amount of an altered check unknowingly certified by one of its cashiers, cashed by the "American Trust Company" and collected from the plaintiff bank. The defendant bank on learning of the frand withdrew the credit of the man who had brough in the check and deposited the money to his account. The criminal absconded. The plaiutiff bank credited its customer the amount of the check, and is now trying to collect with interest the money it had lost from the defendant bank, which...
...President would sign bills favoring close electoral districts. Gerrymandering frand and contested elections would be common...