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...blanket of sub-zero weather shrouded New England last night with the mercury falling into the minus column across the northern sections...
...weather Bureau at Boston said the cold blanket can be expected to remain over New England at least through Thursday...
...much. But when the final report on school goals came out with 14 vague and diffuse points-e.g., respect and appreciation for human values-the six were moved to protest. The 14 points, they said, "were presented with no analysis of their relative importance or their practicability . . . The blanket praise given to 'the schools' as 'better than ever before' is not consistent with the catastrophic decline in many schools of science and mathematics, subjects now basic to the very survival of Western civilization." Vested Interest. Topic 4-How can we get enough good teachers...
...flood of lance-waving horsemen surge across a meadow; agile warriors skip and pirouette in a whirling of two-handed blades; the defeated topple, with blood bursting between their clenched teeth. The struggle ends in far-off shouting as mists steal down from the mountains to draw a pale blanket over the slain...
Last week goo people crowded into St. James' Episcopal church for Bill Woodward's funeral; thousands more stood outside on Madison Avenue. His widow, still too upset to attend the services, sent a blanket of white chrysanthemums dotted with red carnations, a floral expression of Belair's racing colors-white, red spots, scarlet cap. An inscribed ribbon with this sent through the Woodward connection a slight shudder, quickly repressed by family loyalty. Recalling Ann and Bill's pet names for each other, it read: "From Dunk to Monk...