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Chapter 1 F1 and the Fungus
At the time, Formula 1 championship races held on actual streets, besides Monaco, were in Australia, Singapore, and varied courses in Spain’s Catalonia. The United States Watkins Glen street circuit was replaced in 1956 by a specially built course. Two and a half decades later F1 quit The Glen.
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Chapter 4 Tomas & The Wolf
Lucie Leonine had been in Monaco that day when Paradese met DiaComp. Lucie was a medical doctor, married to a professional soccer player in the U.K., and Lucie, in her spare time, coached the women’s city lacrosse team, the “Shoreditchers”. The small town had no college team, nor a college anymore. Team members came from…
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Chapter 6 Futhark Medicine Providers
Synthetische Farbstoffe was the name under which Futhark Medicine Providers begin as a dyer of cloth back in 1859, in Ludwigshafen, Germany on the banks of the Rhine. Not unlike Paradese’s acquisition of DiaComp, twenty seven years later it acquired Verband Und Mull, a medical supply company whose home was in Basel, Switzerland. As “colonialism”…
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Chapter 8 Lucy, Kim, Enzio, Laetitia & Cindy
“It happened that one day before dinner Domingo and associates were meeting in the back room, and the topic was another mob. Domingo had grown his mob under their noses in places where they’d shown less or little interest, like Innsbruck and smuggling. I mean who smuggles things into a town in the middle of…
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Chapter 10 The Proposition
Nigel replied, “Yes, please. Do be a good chap and give us another half hour. Will that work for you and Lucie?” Finishing, Dr. Smith turned to Lucie, still sitting at the table. She knew why Robert had picked this time to reappear. “Sure. You all be good. I’ll be back then. The liqueur does…
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Chapter 14 Lucy & Laetitia, On the Move
“Here’s the surprise. So we herded them all together, and called for our bus that would take them away. It was parked some ways away, but not far. “Each of the people we’d found had a back pack or a duffle. Seemed reasonable. We should’ve looked.” “We’re milling around, looking for threats or whatever, wondering…
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Chapter 15 Sardinia
Kim went along with Enzio and family in the TSA line. When she’d be allowed no further, the kids hugged her. “Kim, we’d be lost without you during this,” said Briggita. “Yes. My sister’s right. Thanks. We need you,” agreed Eli. Kim’s heart was about to burst, hearing this from the young people. Enzio motioned…
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Chapter 17 We Can Work It Out
“Just do it. Trust me. And I’m your boss. And be back Monday for classes.” So rather later on that January first, Robert touched down at ELM near Elmira. He rented a car. It had rained and frozen in time for New Year’s eve. The police weren’t especially pleased, but the body shops were. Robert…
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Chapter 18 Spilled Beans – Happy Ladies
“You could have told me this right after the conference. You said something interesting happened that wasn’t the Nigel event.” “Yes, you’re right. But now we better get you home and me home and Robert home. Okay? For now? There’s probably going to be a lot more to tell you.” “I’ll be calling you on…
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Chapter 19 Missed It by That Much
Nigel had been none too pleased with Lucie’s being on the conference call. What he saw was a serious growing discomfort on the part of Angelo, especially after Ludwig’s glare. And now, as Lucie introduced her report, Angelo finally broke free of Sophie and left the room. But Nigel connected all these happenings to Lucie’s…
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