Word: upshott
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...overbearing headmaster, an overstuffed businessman, and an oversmug dictator. All were neatly vaporized before the war, during which the bomber quit his activities temporarily because killing dropped from an art to an occupation. When we meet him now, he is back in practice; his prey is Sir Gregory Upshott, an international water-muddier. Sim stalks him intently and wittily, particularly in a demonstration of chessmanship during which Sim deftly diverts a policeman's attention while moving a dead body...
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