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...student porter can receive a grade of good, adequate, or poor, and he always does well overall. But he fails the white glove test in the sub-categories, especially where the water runs most often. TOILETS: chrome fixtures--good, top and inside area--adequate, underneath area--poor, area to the rear--poor. SHOWERS AND BATHTUBS: chrome fixtures--good, soap dish--adequate, floor and bottom twelve inches of wall..."What...
...mother's kitchen. "Now the doorbell rings. Go to the door and open it," Stapleton directed. "Who's going to be there?" asked the grown-up Jody, a bit frightened. Answered Stapleton: "Jesus is going to be there. He's got a baseball bat and glove with him. He wants you to play ball with him." Thus, writes Stapleton, "through the prayer of faith-imagination I slowly, verbally took six-year-old Jody through an entire ball game," with both Jesus and Jody going up to bat. Through further sessions, she helped Jody create...
Jumbo Mark Fisher got the hit, a single, after two walks, knotting the score at 1-1. The third walk loaded the bases, and a groundball hit by Rich Elliot somehow eluded the poised glove of Crimson shortstop Paul Halas. With the score 3-1, John Connors lofted a sacrifice fly to centerfielder Leon Goetz, and Randy Rundl paced home with the final Elephant...
Hughes was fortunate too. Under both the Johnson and Nixon Administrations, he received kid-glove treatment. Not until 1971 did the IRS subject the Hughes holdings to an overall audit; the results of that audit have been kept secret. The Hughes Medical Institute has continued to enjoy tax-exempt status though its small volume of contributions does not meet IRS regulations for tax exemption. When Hughes in 1970 was faced with an antitrust complaint for attempting to buy another hotel in Las Vegas, former Attorney General John Mitchell personally intervened on his behalf...
...young patient talks to his visitors-including his parents and a teacher who comes to help him with school-work every afternoon-through the open doorway or a transparent plastic barrier; this wall has two sleeve-and-glove arrangements that allow people to reach into the room and play checkers or cards with Teddy without contaminating him. Books, magazines and games-sterilized by steam or gases -are passed into the room through the doorway. Food, too, must be specially prepared. Even Teddy's favorite fare, pizza, is so thoroughly baked that it is practically unrecognizable...