Word: ormond
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George F. Platts Ormond Beach...
...element in the periodic table. Cancer, probably caused by her work with radioactive elements, had already afflicted her when she was elected as the first female corresponding member of the French Academy of Science in 1962. ∙ Died. Thomas McCahill, 68, popular automobile writer; of a heart attack; in Ormond Beach, Fla. In 1946 McCahill began basing his Mechanix Illustrated critiques of new models on his own road tests. Spiced with tart "McCahillisms" (he once compared a Jaguar's heating system to "an old lady breathing on your leg"), "Uncle Tom's" column had a wide following...
Nick was a veteran of the drug years. His jobs included: lifeguard in nearby Ormond until thrown off the corps for dereliction of his tower (he took long lunches); mate on a charter fishing boat; bagman for a big lettuce caper; treasure hunter for a load of cocaine left in the ground by dealers near an old launching pad near Cape Canaveral (foiled by a flash flood); and stunt car driver for a shoestring film that ran out of money. His heritage was Greek, and he knew all about fencing things in underground Daytona, and who burned down what restaurant...
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