Old- Boy Wonder and the Senator at Eighty Eight
An elderly senator, aged eighty eight, faces youth’s pressure and adulation from younger guests aboard a voyage. The piece portrays family and staff urging him to dance, reminiscence, and endure social scrutiny while his body creaks from age. Aunt Ella and Aunt Vita weigh in on his persistent vitality and the paradox of aging.
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Blackbottom
Erge
Aleek
Ming
Senator
Antibes
Denaylle
Aunt Win
Uiat
Shay
Aunt Bla
Ella
Ant Elia
Aunt Vita
Death and Decay in a Senatorial World of Recluse Reflections
A fragmented scene portrays a Senator recalling morbid thoughts on death, aging, and memory. He dismisses old age while detailing family ties and visits to a granddaughter and an octogenarian father-in-law, contrasting morbidity with a sense of reunion and quiet domestic life.
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Hunger and Eating Habits From a Luncheon Discussion
A luncheon discussion explores hunger and body responses noting experiments in America on what triggers hunger. It cites two common remedies, belting the stomach to slow rhythmic contractions and smoking to suppress the feeling until contractions ease, with a physiologist later adopting conventional avoidance methods in a restaurant.
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America
Tribute to Sir Percy Witzpatrick and the two minutes pause
A tribute notes that the two minutes' pause on Armistice Day was inspired by Sir Percy Witzpatrick, a South African statesman. The king reportedly sent a letter praising the idea as adopted with sympathy across the empire.
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Allence
Percy Witzpatrick
Tercy
Empire
London
Tree Trapped in Stone Reveals Ancient Wood Block
Builders in an English town cut through a large stone block and found a preserved tree branch in the center. The 1.5 inch thick wood darkened to chocolate brown with fossilized resin resembling amber. Likely fir or larch, the age is described as incalculable.
Rebidding After a Take-Out Against Opposition
Modern Contract Bridge discussion by Lola Watteraley on hand valuation and rebidding after take-out against opposition. It explains how trump distribution, singleton value, and partner bids influence decisions to rebid or maintain by adjusting expected tricks. Includes examples and strategic guidance for minor suit openings and no trump overcalls.
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Il Allenca
Lola Watteraley
Win Dorvion
Lucullus and the cherry’s path from Rome to Chicago
The Chicago Tribune piece recounts Lucullus the Roman general and epicurean, who fostered gardens north of Rome, hosted philosophers, and is credited by some works with developing the cultivated cherry. It notes the term Lucullan became associated with luxury and cites Latin origins for the fruit's name.
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Lucius Licinius Lucullus
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Rome
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Asia Minor
Europe
America
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Pontine
Gard
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