Word: sebastopole
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Schulz arranges his own life in the interests of his strip. He can rarely be enticed to leave home for fear of losing touch with what he calls the "ordinary way of life." What the ordinary way of life means for Schulz is a 28-acre estate in Sebastopol, north of San Francisco, where he and Joyce and their five children live in uncommon luxury. Artificial waterfall, tennis court, riding ring, park, baseball diamond, barbecue pit, pool, all testify to Sparky's determination to give his children everything he lacked as a boy. Keeping the family company are five...
...world's few elite organizations, comparable to the U.S. Marines and Britain's Brigade of Guards. To its own members (over the years the majority have been German or Slav), the Legion is an unparalleled string of battles, from Constantine in 1837 to Sebastopol, Magenta, the Somme, Verdun, Narvik, Bir Hakeim, Cassino, Dienbienphu, and Algiers in 1960. Its flag, "whose staff bends under the weight of its glory," is one of the most cited and decorated of all the world's regimental standards...
...Czarevich." Vasily coveted the shining golden wings of the swanky Red air force pilots he saw about Moscow. His father was badgered into letting him enroll in Sebastopol's Kachinsky Flying School, where he was treated with groveling politeness and fragile care. He never stood guard duty, ate special meals, slept apart. He smoked the finest Pushka and Kazbek cigarettes. Flying came hard, but he never got a thumbs-down. A special plane and a special instructor were set aside for the "Red Czarevich." Finally, in the fall of 1941, Vasily won his wings...
...Iowa town which gives Happy Land its Midwest authenticity is neither an Iowa town nor a 20th Century-Fox set. It is an astute selection of views of Santa Rosa, Calif, (with help from nearby Healdsburg and Sebastopol). Santa Rosa (1939 pop. 10,636) has been known chiefly as the home of the late great Luther Burbank. It now seems likely to become Hollywood's All-American Town. Santa Rosa is a museum of U.S. store and home architecture. The courthouse and square are solid Midwest. By turning a corner, you can get the white columns...
...military outpost at Chukoti, Geoffrey and the girl (Olivia de Havilland) who loves his brother are the only members of the garrison who survive cold-blooded massacre. To avenge the slaughter at Chukoti becomes the sole purpose of Vickers' 27th Lancers. Its chance comes at the siege of Sebastopol where Surat Khan, now allied with Russia, is holding the heights of Balaklava opposite the Lancers, stationed in the valley. When Headquarters gives him the orders for his regiment to retreat, Geoffrey rewrites them as a command to attack. The brigade moves forward, under withering fire, to simultaneous vindication...