Word: les
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...takes personal charge when one of his customers writes in for an especially exotic book. An elderly spinster recently asked for a book bound in human skin. Foyle sent out his scouts, within a week shipped her a copy of French Novelist Eugène Sue's Vignettes les Mystères de Paris, printed in 1843 and bound in skin from the shoulders of his Parisian mistress, as she had directed in her will. Price: $28. Says William Foyle: "It's an interesting business, bookselling...
Results or excuses for failure to play must be reported to Les Medlinsky in Holworthy 2 (KI 7-5339). The Union bulletin board will carry all tournament listings and developments...
...Governor's Island in New York Harbor, Eleanor B. Roosevelt, widow of Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr., accepted a Bronze Star medal in recognition of her husband's "heroic action" at Les Andalouses, Algeria, in 1942, when a patrol under his command fought off a superior enemy force. This award made the eldest son of T.R. the winner of every Army combat medal given by the U.S. Government, including a World War I Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star with clusters, the Purple Heart, and a World War II posthumous Medal of Honor for action at Normandy, where...
Designated as league "commissioner" is Arthur "Happy" Amsie, who discharged the organizational functions last year. He is available for information in Holworthy Four, along with Les Medlinsky, who assists him from Holworthy...
...Wish I Had Never Seen Sunshine (Mary Ford and Les Paul; Capitol). Melancholia, country-style, with notably morose lyrics. Sample...