Word: flocks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...life's anomalies, rather than the universal truths she depicted four years ago. The five men on Ward X are all psychologically unbalanced, though not crazy enough to warrant being shipped off to out-and-out psycho wards at the army's expense. Nurse Honour Langtry tends this motley flock and plays the role of mother, protector and confessor to her charges. She and her patients have been patiently awaiting their discharges when the sudden arrival of Sergeant Michael E. Johnson, shortly after peace has been declared, disrupts the well-established rhythm of the lives of both patients and nurse...
ITHACA, N.Y.--It seems Cornell University is having difficulty keeping roaming dogs from attacking its flock of sheep...
Dogs attacked the university-owned flock of ewes twice in early September, killing seven and injuring...
These are our people," says Stephen Meyers, 38, co-founder of Jacoby & Meyers Law Offices. He is talking about the middle-class folks who had never before ventured into a lawyer's office but who now flock at the rate of 100 a month to each of the 27 J & M branches situated in Montgomery Ward stores throughout California. One reason for the heavy traffic is the firm's industry-leading television advertising budget: $1.7 million in 1980. Typically, the spots stress J & M's $20 consultation fee and the written estimate of future charges. The firm...
...daily with various Cardinals. Despite the good prognosis for full recovery that followed last week's operation, nagging doubts remained about the future of John Paul's papacy. He has made no secret of the fact that he would rather serve as pastor to a far-flung flock than face the daily grind of church business. Vatican officials wonder what he will do if he is no longer able to carry on those winning, globetrotting ways that have helped him dramatize to the world a conservative and sometimes unpopular vision of the church. Because of his long convalescence...