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'''Bringing them to a standoff, ethnicity of your choice.'''<br/>
 
'''Bringing them to a standoff, ethnicity of your choice.'''<br/>
 
Plays on the idea of a Mexican standoff--a situation in which three armed people are all pointing guns at each other. Read more [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_standoff here].
 
Plays on the idea of a Mexican standoff--a situation in which three armed people are all pointing guns at each other. Read more [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_standoff here].
 
 
'''Marie of Roumania'''<br />
 
Marie of Romania (Marie Alexandra Victoria, previously Princess Marie of Edinburgh; 29 October 1875 – 18 July 1938) was Queen consort of Romania from 1914 to 1927, as the wife of Ferdinand I of Romania. She was called Missy by her family.
 
<blockquote>
 
Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,<br />
 
A medley of extemporanea;<br />
 
And love is a thing that can never go wrong;<br />
 
And I am Marie of Romania.</blockquote>
 
 
&#150;Dorothy Parker, ''Not So Deep as a Well'' (1937), "Comment"
 
  
 
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She stays till the flight is called
This is significant because after 9/11 (only a couple months away now), only ticked passengers can go through security in an airport and wait by the gate.

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My best to Siegfried and Roy.
A popular Vegas magic act.

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Bringing them to a standoff, ethnicity of your choice.
Plays on the idea of a Mexican standoff--a situation in which three armed people are all pointing guns at each other. Read more here.

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Chapter 1
pp. 1-7
Chapter 2
pp. 8-19
Chapter 3
pp. 20-29
Chapter 4
pp. 30-40
Chapter 5
pp. 41-52
Chapter 6
pp. 53-67
Chapter 7
pp. 68-79
Chapter 8
pp. 80-86
Chapter 9
pp. 87-95
Chapter 10
pp. 96-111
Chapter 11
pp. 112-120
Chapter 12
pp. 121-133
Chapter 13
pp. 134-144
Chapter 14
pp. 145-159
Chapter 15
pp. 160-171
Chapter 16
pp. 172-184
Chapter 17
pp. 185-197
Chapter 18
pp. 198-210
Chapter 19
pp. 211-218
Chapter 20
pp. 219-229
Chapter 21
pp. 230-238
Chapter 22
pp. 239-246
Chapter 23
pp. 247-255
Chapter 24
pp. 256-264
Chapter 25
pp. 265-273
Chapter 26
pp. 274-287
Chapter 27
pp. 288-300
Chapter 28
pp. 301-313
Chapter 29
pp. 314-326
Chapter 30
pp. 327-337
Chapter 31
pp. 338-346
Chapter 32
pp. 347-353
Chapter 33
pp. 354-364
Chapter 34
pp. 365-382
Chapter 35
pp. 383-394
Chapter 36
pp. 395-407
Chapter 37
pp. 408-422
Chapter 38
pp. 423-438
Chapter 39
pp. 439-447
Chapter 40
pp. 448-462
Chapter 41
pp. 463-477
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