        item: #1 of 13
          id: 21627
      author: Laumer, Keith
       title: Gambler's World
        date: None
       words: 7922
      flesch: 96
     summary: Your derisive attitude is uncalled for, Retief, Magnan said sharply. Ambassador Crodfoller pursed his lips, waiting until Retief and Magnan took places in the ring of Terrestrial diplomats around him.
    keywords: = =; ambassador; illy; magnan; man; nenni; retief; tower; zorn
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        item: #2 of 13
          id: 21782
      author: Laumer, Keith
       title: The Yillian Way
        date: None
       words: 5233
      flesch: 84
     summary: Did I understand your Excellency to say that we're ready to concede half of it to the Yill without a struggle? Ambassador Spradley looked up at Retief, blinking. As Retief came up, Ambassador Spradley glanced at his finger watch and spoke to the man beside him.
    keywords: ambassador; kau; magnan; retief; spradley; table; yill
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        item: #3 of 13
          id: 34925
      author: Wells, David Dwight
       title: Parlous Times: A Novel of Modern Diplomacy
        date: None
       words: 98780
      flesch: 80
     summary: Miss Campbell, this is Secretary Stanley, a member of the Diplomatic Corps, who has just confessed to me that he habitually eludes the trustful hostess and the proffered tea. Say Sunday.
    keywords: case; colonel; country; course; darcy; day; dear; door; dowager; eyes; face; fact; fitzgerald; friend; good; hall; hand; house; husband; isabelle; kent; kingsland; lady; lauriston; left; letter; lieutenant; life; london; love; madame; man; matter; mind; miss; moment; morning; night; place; riddle; roberts; room; secretary; sir; stanley; thought; time; way; wish; woman; word
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        item: #4 of 13
          id: 60901
      author: Hamilton, Frederic, Lord
       title: The Vanished Pomps of Yesterday Being Some Random Reminiscences of a British Diplomat
        date: None
       words: 88931
      flesch: 65
     summary: In view of the straitened circumstances of most Portuguese families, the evening meal would probably consist of one single dish of _bacalhao_ or salt cod, and you would have put your hosts to the greatest inconvenience. I attribute the dry-rot which ate into the whole structure of the mighty Empire, and brought it crashing to the ground, in a very large degree to the intemperate habits prevailing amongst all classes of Russian men, which in justice one must add, may be due to climatic reasons.
    keywords: air; alexander; ambassador; austrian; bear; beauty; berlin; bismarck; black; blue; british; building; church; city; colour; country; course; court; day; days; effect; embassy; emperor; empress; english; europe; european; evening; face; family; feet; forest; french; gardens; german; gold; government; great; green; half; hall; hand; head; high; house; japanese; ladies; lady; language; life; lisbon; london; lord; man; men; miles; minister; new; night; order; palace; people; petrograd; portuguese; power; prince; queen; railway; real; red; river; room; round; russian; second; sir; small; south; spanish; streets; things; time; town; trees; vienna; water; way; white; winter; world; years
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        item: #5 of 13
          id: 61097
      author: Laumer, Keith
       title: The Frozen Planet
        date: None
       words: 9874
      flesch: 98
     summary: Spare me your sarcasm, Mr. Retief, he said. Retief sat relaxed and said nothing.
    keywords: anne; captain; chip; door; jorgensen; magnan; man; marie; mister; retief; right; soetti; tove
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        item: #6 of 13
          id: 61139
      author: Laumer, Keith
       title: The Madman From Earth
        date: None
       words: 9329
      flesch: 94
     summary: Please escort Mr. Retief to his quarters in this building-- I don't advise you to violate my diplomatic immunity, Fith, Retief said. As chief of mission, Miss Meuhl said quickly, I hereby waive immunity in the case of Mr. Retief.
    keywords: consul; fith; groacian; meuhl; miss; miss meuhl; retief; ship; shluh; terrestrial; years
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        item: #7 of 13
          id: 61146
      author: Laumer, Keith
       title: Retief of the Red-Tape Mountain
        date: None
       words: 5635
      flesch: 93
     summary: Still, Retief said, it gives an opportunity to travel-- Travel! Here in this backwater system particularly-- He paused, blinked at Retief and cleared his throat.
    keywords: alien; course; feet; flap; hoshick; jack; lemuel; potter; retief; swazey
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        item: #8 of 13
          id: 61198
      author: Laumer, Keith
       title: Aide Memoire
        date: None
       words: 6537
      flesch: 91
     summary: Retief and Magnan followed in Whonk's wake. Across the table from Retief, Ambassador Magnan rustled a stiff sheet of parchment and looked grave.
    keywords: embassy; fustian; groaci; light; magnan; retief; scars; slock; whonk; yith; youth
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        item: #9 of 13
          id: 61263
      author: Laumer, Keith
       title: Cultural Exchange
        date: None
       words: 6681
      flesch: 93
     summary: Are you Mr. Retief of CDT? one said. I've heard about you, Mr. Retief.
    keywords: arapoulous; croanie; furkle; gulver; karsh; miss; retief; students; time; wine
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        item: #10 of 13
          id: 61285
      author: Laumer, Keith
       title: The Desert and the Stars
        date: None
       words: 7185
      flesch: 89
     summary: Mr. Retief did play the role of messenger. Many times have I longed to broil a diplomat over a slow fire, the Aga Kaga snarled.
    keywords: aga; aga kaga; car; corps; georges; kaga; magnan; man; note; retief; secretary; stanley; time
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        item: #11 of 13
          id: 61353
      author: Laumer, Keith
       title: Saline Solution
        date: None
       words: 6512
      flesch: 88
     summary: Sure thing, Mr. Retief. Mr. Leatherwell is hardly interested in these details, Retief, Magnan cut in.
    keywords: belt; claim; consul; leatherwell; magnan; mancziewicz; minerals; retief; rock; sam
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        item: #12 of 13
          id: 61434
      author: Laumer, Keith
       title: Mightiest Qorn
        date: None
       words: 6547
      flesch: 88
     summary: Try to restrain Mr. Magnan from any impulsive moves--in any direction. Nice piece of work, Mr. Magnan, Retief said.
    keywords: course; head; magnan; nitworth; qornt; retief; think; time; zubb
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        item: #13 of 13
          id: 61459
      author: Laumer, Keith
       title: The Governor of Glave
        date: None
       words: 10258
      flesch: 90
     summary: I don't know why you smoke those things instead of dope sticks, Mr. Retief, he said. Ah, Mr. Retief honors us with his presence.
    keywords: ambassador; car; corasol; door; general; glave; jake; magnan; man; men; retief; right; taine; time; way
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