Word: answer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bulk of its work still consists of the every night, all-night vigils in the basement of Stoughton Hall. The staff members work in coed pairs, each person spending a night at Room 13 every 12 to 15 days, but never with the same partner. Their job is to answer the two telephone lines and talk with anyone who knocks at their door at the north end of the basement...
...could almost say that there, hidden in the basement, away from any outside light, the world becomes reasonable. Inconsistencies vanish; the willingness to solve any problem logically renders all problems solvable. This is a very comforting atmosphere. It seems unfortunate that this room is used more to answer telephone queries about Harvard events than for the help and companionship it is able to offer...
...decided to put the three to some use, to let them answer the questions they had been assigned to me for. "I see the girls coming in the messhall are all wearing fatigues. How long have women been training in fatigues?" I asked. "Golly, I don't know." said Sgt. Brownwen. "Five months...
Three days passed. Every morning I paid my entry visit to the Post Information Headquarters to see Colonel Merriweather. Every morning I asked to continue my journey that day alone. "Sgt. Brownwen goes with you to help answer your questions," Colonel Merriweather explained. "What is it that you haven't seen that you'd like to see?" she asked. "Well, I've been here for three days and I haven't seen any trainees...
...chance to fold still execute. When chatter becomes an effort, and every fly ball looks so destined for the fence that it doesn't seem worth it to run back a couple of feet to check--or as in the case of the Bosox yesterday--then the answer as to what type of team is the more interesting to watch becomes obvious...