Monday, June 07, 2021

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Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 06 10:02PM +0200

>> Paddingon, Charing Cross, Waterloo
 
> Shouldn't your English teacher have been equally obsessed with you
> learning the rest of these, then?
 
Luckily, none of my English teachers shared the obsession of my French
teacher!
Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Jun 06 05:24PM -0500

Mark Brader wrote:
> terrified Bosnian men filmed at a place called Omarska, and
> later at another place called Trnopolje ["Turn-o-POL-yeh"].
> What sort of places were these?
 
Internment camps
 
> deported the surviving women and children on buses and killed
> nearly all the men -- several thousand of them -- in nearby
> forests. Name this so-called safe area.
 
Srebrenica
 
> historical monument by UNESCO was destroyed by methodical
> Croatian shelling in the town of Mostar. What type of thing
> was it?
 
Bridge
 
> military commander, both of whom """are""" under indictment
> at the Hague for war crimes. You don't have to say which one
> you're naming.
 
Mladic
 
> at the Mediterranean end?
 
> 3. What international airport serving western Ireland is located
> near Limerick?
 
Shannon
 
 
> 4. What US city """is""" served by Logan International Airport?
 
Boston
 
 
> 5. What city """is""" served by airports whose codes are MDW
> and ORD?
 
Chicago
 
 
> 6. What city """is""" served by airports whose codes are CDG
> and ORY?
 
Paris
 
> in other words, most long- or medium-distance trains -- start
> or finish at one of """6""" major terminal stations. In French
> or English, name any *two*.
 
Gare du Nord, Gare St. Germain
 
> used within London; some stations officially have the word
> "London" prefixed before that, for the convenience of inter-city
> travelers, and this you can ignore.)
 
King's Cross, St. Pancras,
 
> topics may be repeated. The New York Central's crack train
> was the Twentieth Century Limited. Its endpoints were New York
> and what city?
 
Chicago
 
 
> 10. Amtrak's fastest trains today """are""" called Metroliners.
> On most trips, their endpoints """are""" New York and what city?
 
Boston; Philadelphia
 
 
Pete Gayde
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