Word: touquet
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...novel. At the dawn of the Depression, he had a Mayfair mansion and a Rolls Royce with his crest on the door. Money led to his downfall. Tax authorities in the U.S. and Britain began to pursue those royalties, so Wodehouse fled to the northern French resort of Le Touquet. There in May 1940 he was seized by the German army. For 13 months he was held in a succession of camps, where fellow inmates report that he helped keep morale high and shared his worldly goods with them. Shortly before being freed, he agreed to give five radio talks...
...Security Council resolution may be some time in coming. Blair gave French president Jacques Chirac a preview of Powell's evidence at a meeting in Le Touquet, France on Tuesday, but the British leader's efforts left Chirac unmoved in his opposition to any immediate move to military action. Following the meeting, the French president insisted that the UN inspectors be given more time, and emphasized his agreement with Blair that Saddam must be disarmed, and that this be achieved through the UN Security Council...
...Hollywood mansion where, in less than a month, he turned out three short stories, one act of a play and the complete dialogue for a movie. But, as Jasen shows, that facility could be ruinous. At the beginning of World War II, Wodehouse was living in Le Touquet, where he was trapped by the German Occupation. He ended up a prisoner of war in a converted lunatic asylum. Here he composed Money in the Bank, all alone in his padded cell...
...silk damask wall coverings and 18th century candelabra, imported eight French croupiers and French-made plastic chips representing $1,500,000 (highest chip: $2,800) for four chemmy and eight poker tables. In return for a cut of the take. Businessman Holland persuaded foxy old Isidor Abbecassis. Le Touquet's casino czar, to preside over his remodeled Pandemonium. Since by English law the house has no legal redress when a gambler's check bounces, Abbecassis was hired mainly for his intimate knowledge of Britain's better-heeled bettors. "These Frenchies." says Holland, "have card-indexed steel filing...
...which, 79 years ago, the infant Wodehouse was named Pelham Grenville. Said he: "I remember protesting vigorously, but to no avail." His longest bout with misfortune came in 1940 when Plum, as he has been called since schooldays, was arrested by the Nazi army in his home at Le Touquet on the French side of the English Channel. The Nazis whisked him from jail to jail for 49 weeks, then released...