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“Ou est la toilette?”
I studied French for a few years but find it hard to believe. I understand almost nothing and have not much of a vocabulary. However, there are two useful phrases I absorbed for voyages to France. “Pouvez-vous diviser en deux?” … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life
Tagged defecation in inappropriate places, France, Harper's, Italy, Noah Kahan, Turkish pit
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Who cares why World War I began?
A couple of months ago, a question, disconnected from anything I was doing or thinking at the time, popped up in my head: “How did we — the U.S., that is — get into World War I?” We all know … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order, The Facts of Life, War
Tagged Albania, Archduke Franze Ferdinand, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Montenegro, Morocco, NATO, Ottoman Empire, Romania, Russia, Sarajevo, Serbia, Turkey, World War I, World War II
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