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...WHICH the spelling bee stings a mole (of electrons) and the girl in the grey flannel suit hears from Radcliffe...
...After a moment of collective disbelief, the crowd broke into an applause which quickly became a standing ovation. As if following some ancient ritual of court. Ali, whose style of movement outside the ring is that same electric grace of the floating butterfly with the sting of a bee, only slower, so that it may be observed easily by the naked eve, moved with the lecture officials and a small police escort to the right side of the stage; while his wife, dressed in the long, dark gown of the Muslim woman and an incaradine scarf covering her hair...
...familiar types attend: Phyllis, the leggy brunette (Alexis Smith) who married well; Sally, the third-from-the-left blonde (Dorothy Collins) who didn't. The bolero-dancing couple (Victor Griffin and Jayne Turner) who bought a Fred Astaire franchise ("Styles change; you never can tell"), the wisecracking queen bee (Yvonne De Carlo) with her hive of young drones; the feathery Continental (Justine Johnston) who remembers Franz Lehar dedicating a waltz to her (" 'Liebchen, it's for you.' Or was it Oskar Straus? Facts never interest me. What matters is the song...
...Though bee and wasp stings are little more than a brief, painful annoyance to most people, they occasionally produce violent-even fatal-reactions in those who are allergic to insect venom. Severe sudden respiratory impairment and circulatory collapse are among the possible consequences. Victims must have prompt treatment to minimize their reactions. Even better, says Dr. Mary Loveless, a semiretired member of the Cornell Medical School faculty, those reactions may now be prevented. During the past two decade,,Dr. Loveless told the biological societies, she has treated more than 200 patients who are allergic to wasp bites by injecting them...
...ease the confusions of English spelling, which uses different letters for similar sounds ("shoe" and "nation"), the "Initial Teaching Alphabet" adds 18 made-up letters to the regular 26 so that all sounds can be spelled identically. Example: "too bee, or not too bee: that is the kwestion." Children later switch to conventional spelling with little apparent strain. Still other systems concentrate on the 80% of English words that are phonetically regular. To teach letter sounds, they use goof-proof sentences like "I ran. The man ran. Dan ran." Despite the resemblance to deadly Dick and Jane, the authors claim...