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At a point some fifty miles north - west of Ireland the Curaçao closed in and took up her escort station ahead of the Mary . Both ships were on highspeed zigzag courses , somewhat hazardous operations in narrowing waters , demanding ...
At a point some fifty miles north - west of Ireland the Curaçao closed in and took up her escort station ahead of the Mary . Both ships were on highspeed zigzag courses , somewhat hazardous operations in narrowing waters , demanding ...
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They paraded the girls in short skirts , the men made bids for them and took them home . When a dancing girl was not happy in Budapest she would say : ' I'll emigrate to Siberia ... and so she came there , and that's why it was called ...
They paraded the girls in short skirts , the men made bids for them and took them home . When a dancing girl was not happy in Budapest she would say : ' I'll emigrate to Siberia ... and so she came there , and that's why it was called ...
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The journey was memorable to me , because it took thirteen hours to cross from Newhaven to Dieppe ; ten hours were spent in darkness and complete immobility because , we heard , there was a German submarine in the Channel .
The journey was memorable to me , because it took thirteen hours to cross from Newhaven to Dieppe ; ten hours were spent in darkness and complete immobility because , we heard , there was a German submarine in the Channel .
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NOSTALGIA ON WHEELS BY R HUDSON SMITH 113 | 47 |
PRIMA DONNA IN A PLAIN SUIT BY LESLIE GARDINER 154 | 59 |
QUEST FOR A MIRACLE BY VIRGINIA STUART 418 | 142 |
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