Word: haven
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...name of the Lord.' " Noisy Tenants. The Roman Catholic bishops of Rimini and Montefeltro (San Marino is almost due east of Florence) called the casino a sink of iniquity. Italy's Demo-Christian government discovered that San Marino had become a haven for Italian tax dodgers and quick divorces. Tough Interior Minister Mario Scelba, who dislikes both Communists and gamblers, put border guards at all roads leading into San Marino, had them politely but slowly examine identification papers of incoming visitors. Said Scelba: "San Marino is an independent state and consequently can act as it likes...
...Wayne Morse smack in the mouth at the Orkney Springs, Va. horse show, Washington reporters called at the Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Md. to see how the Senator was feeling, got their answer in a written note: "I have learned to roll with political kicks and punches, but I haven't learned how to absorb the kick of a horse...
...contrast the designs on the front of modern cars just haven't got a thing...
Murdo Ewen Macdonald remembers his first West of Scotland congregation-on the Isle of Skye-as "very churched people. The acids of the modern temper haven't corroded them much...
...Caruso because you never think you are as good as your idol, even though others may say you are better. But at 29, Caruso used to crack on a high B-flat, and I have a record to prove it, which is nothing against him, of course. Sure, I haven't sung in the Met yet. But the day I do, all hell will break loose, the way it did in pictures. The world hasn't heard from me yet. Wait till I develop...