Word: sirs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Over the top, Soldier," shouts the U.S. Army lieutenant. "It's not my turn, Sir," protests the private. "I'm going to the grievance committee...
Champagne flowed at a rate that rivaled that of the Olympus engines' fuel consumption. At mach 2 (1,320 m.p.h.) which we passed without a tremor, came the food-smoked salmon, rib of veal, château potatoes, cheese, apricot pastry, Chablis Vaudésir and Château Haut-Brion, plus liqueurs. Many passengers paid the smoothness of supersonic flight the ultimate compliment; they fell asleep. We touched down in Dakar, West Africa, right on schedule, refueled and were on our way to Rio in an hour. A minor engine problem held our speed below mach...
They shifted uncomfortably as my gaze rested on one of the younger men. "Would you tell me your name, sir, and describe the kind of work...
...Christie output was torrential: 83 books, including a half-dozen romances written under the name Mary Westmacott; 17 plays, nine volumes of short stories, and Come, Tell Me How You Live, in which she described her field explorations with her second husband, British Archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan. The number of printed copies of her books is conservatively put at 300 million. New Guinea cargo cultists have even venerated a paperback cover of her Evil Under the Sun-quite possibly confusing the name Christie with Christ...
...maim and wound countless millions of Asian men, women and children, not to mention the hundreds of thousands of our own Boys, who suffered a similar fate, seem to be typical of your first year as President. This I deeply deplore. The above Asian people of whom I write, Sir, have never harmed, or threatened to harm in any way our people. They could not have done so even if they wished, which they did not. You have, God willing, Mr. President, a little more than a year in this office, which at one time was considered the highest...