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...school had been invaded, and officials were banning brushes and putting coats in plastic bags to seal off the points of attack. Five nurses worked all morning on the heads of 600 children at the Rachel Carson Elementary School in Gaithersburg, Md., spending five to seven minutes per scalp, looking for signs of infestation. In the end, 12% of the students and 10% of the staff were sent home. It was the worst invasion of head lice in a long time. "In other years we have two, sometimes four cases of lice," says Laura Hart Silkwood, the principal. "This...
...Rachel N. Bello '98, one of the drive's student directors, suggested several reasons for the dearth of donors. She cited sickness due to the cold weather, the large amount of work due before winter break and the last-minute parties crammed in before the break as possible reasons...
...will most likely shed on that occasion, I hope to look down at a diploma which bears the seal of the College and University which have been responsible for my education. Please do not deny me and my fellow Harvard women that acknowledgement, for we will have earned it. --Rachel E. Barber...
...trundles along, often as not, merely because writer and readers want to spend more time with people they've grown fond of. The forces at work aren't as powerful, and enchantment can be elusive. It could be a letdown, for instance, to learn that Ishmael, rescued by the Rachel, returns to New Bedford and starts a seafood restaurant called The White Whale, only to be shut down by a spectral, one-legged inspector from the board of health...
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