Word: resorted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...last week the Dictator joined Count & Countess Ciano at the Adriatic sea resort of Riccione. On the beach Bambino Fabbrizio patted with his pink palms Grandpa Mussolini's suntanned pate. Later they drove to Il Duce's estate near Predappio where he was born, for a celebration in which only neighboring villagers took part. A few old friends brought simple presents. Italian editors knew better than to mention what Benito Mussolini would like to conceal, that this was his 50th birthday...
...years Father Divine held lavish "tables" (free feasts) at Sayville, a Long Island summer resort. He fed all comers as much as they wanted and as often. He had three big houses to shelter his following, some of them whites. No one knew precisely where the $30,000 yearly overhead came from except Father Divine, who explained that it came from Divine Providence. But many a Manhattan cook had sent him small contributions, and from Negroes for whom he found work a tithe was forthcoming. He was run out of Sayville last year, fined $500 and sentenced to a year...
...there ever was a logical route for a summer resort air service, it lies between San Francisco and Lake Tahoe, high in the mountain forests on the California-Nevada border. It takes 10 hr. of arduous driving to make the trip by motor...
...miles east of Saratoga Springs, N. Y., famed socialite-racing-gambling-health resort where the cornerstone of a new spa building was laid last fortnight (TIME, July 24), lies Schuylerville, once called Saratoga, whose inhabitants were massacred by French & Indians in 1745. One mile west of Saratoga Springs lies Ashgrove Farm, Edward Barber Ashton's "million-dollar" turkey ranch...
...hunters and huntresses, and thereby has avoided diverting those who really come to pursue learning. There are too many glorified mesas further west where Summer Queens, Proms, Moonlight Hay Rides, and a college-sponsored social routine make the short term more enjoyable and cheaper than any high-powered vacation resort...