Word: blinds
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...public service special about measles, stressing that a serious case of measles can leave children retarded, deaf and blind-and that a safe and effective vaccine is available. The measles season begins with the spring...
...this section, the CRIMSON, with the freshman class in mind, has assembled short sketches of the College's nine Houses and of Claverly Hall. Each sketch is written by an editor devoted to the House he depicts, yet hopefully not blind to its flaws...
...color-blind chintz merchant to design the costumes...
...Nearly blind until he was 15, Hoffer had no schooling. But when his eyesight returned, he was seized with an "enormous hunger for the printed word" and read voraciously. Though he has many academic friends, Hoffer is wary of being "kept" by the intellectuals. He prefers his longshoreman's life by the sea with its freedom and heartiness. The romantics used to dream of philosophers of the common man springing up in America. Hoffer shows it can happen...
Almost inevitably, girls eventually become quite dissatisfied with blind dates-they are generally enveloped by an aura of phoniness, superficiality, and a unnatural intensity. "I doubt that there is such a thing as a relaxed blind date," a girl observed. The unpopularity of blind dates and the general contempt for mixtures make many girls who are socially inclined feel that having a steady boyfriend is almost imperative at Mount Holyoke. One girl took a rather cynical view of the function of boys in Mount Holyoke's world: "Boys are primarily a means for getting out of Holyoke for a weekend...