Word: gebhardt
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Seniors today are undermined by admirable traits. Says Bruce Gebhardt, who heads the FBI office in Phoenix, Ariz.: "They grew up in a more polite age, and they can't hang up the phone." Or slam a door in a con artist's face. Many are trusting to a fault: they cannot believe that well-dressed, well-spoken, solicitous young men can be ripping them...
WILLIS ("GOOD NEWS") GEBHARDT, folklore forecaster Forecast: "Colder than a well-digger's wallet...Snow will be frequently heavy, and winter will come on quicker than a duck on a June bug." Methodology: Woolly bear caterpillars. Analyzing the thickness of the coat and the size of the critter's dark-colored ends, the centenarian made his forecast at the 24th annual Woollybear Festival in Vermilion, Ohio, in October...
...story on the conjoined twins Abigail and Brittany Hensel [MEDICINE, March 25] certainly made me look at my life's problems in a different light. The politicians inside the Beltway could learn a lot from these two bright six-year-old girls. I wish the twins well. ROBERT A. GEBHARDT Plattsburgh, New York...