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...case of mistaken identity. The officials of an unnamed village learn that an inspector from St. Peterburg will soon visit their town, and may be travelling incognito. When they hear that a well-dressed stranger from Petersburg has arrived at the inn, they assume that he is their dreaded visitor. Actually, the young man is just a penniless fop who had lost all his money at cards and is stuck at the inn because he can't pay his bill. The mayor and his subordinates proceed to stuff their inspector with food, drink, and money. He, soon guessing the truth...
...claims his contact with the Houses has been limited by his departmental obligations. Yet he is now caught up in interviewing freshmen for Lowell House selections, he is a regular visitor at Lowell, and he lunches weekly at an English table in Quincy. Still he admits a need to learn more about the Houses: "I was invited to live in a House when I was a graduate here," he says. "I can remember which...
...Slowly, with the help of men like Snowden, the Eskimos developed the tools they needed: self-assurance, a sense of achievement, pride. "We built this hall to last forever!" said Willi Imudlik of the substantial wooden meeting place that he helped to erect. "Whose store is this?" asked a visitor to the co-op trading post in Whale Cove. "Uvaguk!" shouted everyone in it proudly. "Ours...
...theory, U.S. marriages can be ended only by the state of domicile-the state in which the parties really live. Actually, such states as Idaho and Nevada permit divorce after only six weeks' residence, and solemnly accept the visitor's lie that he or she aims to stay. The other states, including New York, accept such divorces because the Constitution commands all states to give "full faith and credit" to one another's court judgments. On the other hand, no state is required to recognize the highly popular 24-hour Mexican divorce, which shuns the domicile...
Into Jordan's Amman International Airport last week flew an unaccustomed visitor: King Feisal of Saudi Arabia, whose father's desert warriors drove Jordan's Hashemite dynasty out of Arabia 40 years ago. Last week the family feud was forgotten as the Jordanian army boomed out a 21-gun salute, and Feisal and Jordan's King Hussein exchanged embraces and bussed one another warmly on each cheek...