Hearty thanks and sincere compliments to NICK STERN, a great friend and thoughtful game-master and to his equally thoughtful and extremely charming partner in miniature crime, BOB ABRA. They made our 13-hour round-trip drive from LA to Santa Clara and back a no-brainer.
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In the aftermath of the hard-fought but unexpected British victory, the mini Maiwand Lion -- patterned after the monument in Forbury Gardens, Reading, in Berkshire County, UK -- was set down to mark the achievement...