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...Fifteen members of the Senate Agriculture Committee gathered around their coffin-shaped conference table to consider the House farm bill and plowed into the task with astonishing efficiency. Behind their workmanlike approach last week was a revelation: mail from home has indicated that the farm revolt has been brewing less on the land than in the minds of election-sensitive politicians...
...running a slight temperature. Sally would not eat her oatmeal, and it had looked like rain; so the wash had to be hung in the garage. Admitted the columnist: "My efficiency rating took a nose dive. I failed to get dinner started. I got the kids to bed fifteen minutes late...
...Brattle House. Actually, the Center traces its history back to 1889 when the Cambridge Social Union bought the house with an eye toward "providing innocent amusements and means of social and intellectual improvement." With the decline of innocent amusements during the 20's, the Social Union recognized defeat, and fifteen years passed without a meeting of the board of directors. Not until 1938 did Brattle House return to its mission for cultural improvement when the Cambridge Center for Adult Education opened with 19 courses and 273 members...
...Rebel. No such comment could be made about Fifteen. Fifteen is the eternal sophomore, both wise and foolish at once. He digs at his scalp, gouges pimples, toys maddeningly with the silverware at meals. His voice is often inaudible, and he seems | so frugal with his energies that parents and teachers come to the conclusion that he is lazy. He is secretive and hates anyone to intrude into his life too much. He has fantasies of violence and revenge. As much as at any time in his life, he needs patience and understanding...
Yale was whistled for offside just before half time, and there was never any doubt about Joslin's fifteen-yard place kick...