Word: chillness
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...MURRAY of our Los Angeles bureau had a few chill moments of his own before he asked Shotputter Parry O'Brien to hold still long enough for this week's cover portrait, by New Mexican Artist Peter Hurd. It was the final week of intensive training before O'Brien took off for Australia and the Olympics, and Jim knew that the big shotputter could get mad as a wet bear when anything interfered with his training. What he did not know was that O'Brien also liked to dabble with paint. "He couldn't spare...
...Clarissa, who was suffering with a troublesome wisdom tooth. As he sat by the bedside, Eden suddenly began to shiver. His temperature soared to 105½°. Doctors put him to bed on the spot, just across the corridor from his wife, and announced he had suffered "a feverish chill." Three days later, Eden was back at his desk, but some colleagues claim he has never been the same since...
Fuel oil for domestic and industrial use was cut by one-third, and many houses, apartment buildings and offices were already feeling the chill. The famed oil-burning "Blue Train" that runs from Paris to the Riviera was canceled-setting off a cry of anguish from Riviera hotelkeepers, who estimate tourist traffic is already off 75%. Housewives caught the panic, and driven by the memory of what items were scarce in World War II, stripped shops of soap, candles, rice, canned goods and sugar (though France actually has a sugar surplus). Premier Guy Mollet pleaded for calm and discipline, scolded...
...while turkeys are marching noisily to their doom, leaves are smoking their way skywards, worms are retreating from the chill topsoil, squirrels are hiding from the cruel, cold world, and the woebegone birds are fleeing to Florida for the season...
Both graduate and undergraduate were quite willing to escape the chill that covered Palmer Stadium Saturday after-noon and retreat with wives, friends, dates, and bottles to the warmth of the clubs. This, after all, was what they had come for--to see old friends and sample private liquor...