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Marie Odet Jean Armand de Chapelle de Jumilhac, Due de Richelieu, and his U S duchess usually reside at another country place. Chateau du Haut-Buisson. nearer Paris. His Eminence the Cardinal Richelieu lies buried in the Chapel of the Sorbonne which he built and in which members of the House of Richelieu have the right to be married and buried...
...pulled up. He was down before the end of the first round. They had gotten around once and Shaun Goilin was in front coming to Becher's Brook. He rose' wearily, barely clearing, and Melleray's Belle edged past, Sir Lindsay moved nearer. They took the last fence, Shaun Goilin still behind, Sir Lindsay starting for the wire, pulling up even with Melleray's Belle...
Engineers added additional facts. The longest vehicular tunnel in the world at the present time is the 12-mile Simplon tunnel in Switzerland. With its approaches, the Channel Tunnel would be nearer 40 than 20 miles long. It should take about eight years to build, would employ about 7,000 British workmen...
...best general conditions are: temperature range between 40° F. and 75° F.; humidity 60.* Because individuals respond with varying ease to changes of humidity and temperature, the individual optimum is best indicated by his pulse rate. The nearer to normal his pulse goes the more efficient he is. The normal pulse rate for men is 68 to 75 a minute...
...city of Chicago sinks deeper and deeper into the slough of indebtedness: meanwhile the royal vultures of England hover overhead, circling nearer and nearer, patiently waiting for her last gasping struggles...