Word: bells
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...constitute the entire seventh grade, will be absent today. They turned 13 over the weekend, old enough for deer-hunting licenses, and, of course, their father has taken them shooting. With or without the twins, it is time for classes to begin. Erica Hess, 11, has the school-bell duty today. But the rope has broken, so she blows a whistle out the door. Her schoolmates troop in, put their snow boots in a neat row, then line up to pledge allegiance to the flag and sing My Country, 'Tis of Thee...
...first time I listened to the bell of Memorial Church was on the afternoon of Sept. 11, 2001. There was an ad hoc service in the very same place graduation is held annually; (newly minted) University President Lawrence H. Summers gave an address. Ten thousand from across Harvard huddled together—in part just to be near each other, despite so many of us being strangers. Miles from home, having arrived just days before, we stared at each other confusedly. We marked the occasion, as best we could, without ever really grasping its meaning...
...aftermath of the cacophonous bell-ringing in Cambridge today, I imagine there may be a moment of stillness—a brief burst of terror-inducing “What...
...Brent Bell, the outgoing director of the First-Year Outdoor Program, says the Yard’s self-contained community helps to alleviate fears about social interaction held by most freshmen...
...Keeping all the first-year students together I think does give an opportunity...with everybody starting at the same level,” Bell says, adding that he has received “consistent feedback as to how awkward and uncomfortable people feel in the first couple of weeks...