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...disaster area, where once she was a fat blonde disaster area. In high school, she says, "I got to be chairman of the decorating committee for the prom. We decided to hold it at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, in the Grand Ballroom. I made it look just like a gymnasium. Then what happens? I was the only girl not asked to the prom. My father is a very sensitive, perceptive person, so he said, 'Look, Lump, we'll get your cousin to take you.' My cousin! Think of the humiliation! And my cousin, she didn...
...short supply. Nationwide, Catholic elementary schools average about one teacher to every 40 students, and in the crucial first three grades, the average class is nearly 50 pupils. Good teaching aids are in short supply, and 63% of the elementary schools lack such basic facilities as an auditorium, gymnasium, art or music room...
...Apologies. A native of East Prussia (now part of Poland) and a wartime student in a Berlin Jesuit Gymnasium, Barzel soon impressed his fellow Ministers with his command of his portfolio. He broadcast regularly to East Germany and negotiated the first ransom arrangements for East German prisoners. Much of his interest in reunification dates from that time, but his proposals last week served a more immediate purpose as well. They were bannered on Page One of every major West German newspaper and were the topic of furious debate throughout the nation. A reporter in Washington asked Barzel, shortly after...
...direct result, said Clark, the coroner staged a three-day inquest in a school gymnasium where police searched Sheppard "in full view of several hundred spectators." His lawyer was forcibly ejected by the coroner, "who received cheers, hugs and kisses from ladies in the audience," then publicly questioned the uncounseled Sheppard for 5½ hours about his sex life in and out of marriage. Impatient that Sheppard was still not indicted, the Press blared: WHY ISN'T SAM SHEPPARD IN JAIL? QUIT STALLING, BRING...
...study, sponsored by the American Heart Association, is based upon measurements taken on Harvard undergraduates when they registered for lockers in Hemenway Gymnasium. Some of the figures date back to 1850, but the bulk of the data was collected over a forty year period after 1879. Later reports on marriage, number and sex of children, and data and cause of death are still being filed...