June 8, 2023 | Rome, Italy
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Tirana Central

Albania, says the brilliant editor, a self-styled patriot and part-time quantum physicist who once emigrated to Germany, is a zany place. No argument.

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Red China

Merle said Mandaring was the language of China, which they taught along the length of the Surloin Wall.

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Dated

"So imagine my surprise when at the Fall 2005 barbecue, there were no beers to be found!"

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White Dwarfs

The new conformity is anti-eccentric and self-indulgently skeptical of quirks — never mind Quarks.

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Pius’ children

Pope Pius XII's detractors, both inside and outside the Catholic Church, are still looking for a smoking gun.

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Luino By The Lake

You can get almost everything you need in a street market: underwear, shoes, kumquats, squid, bicycle bells, wigs, belts.