Word: raritan
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Progressive Education. In Raritan Township, N.J., the board of education ruled that, since smoking had become a generally accepted practice, the faculty of Oak Tree School might smoke between classes, in the boiler room...
...streets of Raritan, N.J., John Basilone used to run alongside the Italian peddlers' carts, shouting at the top of his voice, "Any vegetables today, lady?" John was a lively boy; he had nine brothers & sisters, and his Italian-born parents had a hard time keeping track...
...both his arms tattooed : a woman on the right, and an unsheathed sword on the left, with the legend, "Death before Dishonor." Back in Raritan, his mother was surprised one day when she got a beautiful black silk kimono from a Filipino girl. Mrs. Basilone already had two daughters-in-law and she now thought she would soon have a third...
...made the rounds of Quantico, Parris Island, New River. He was a natural soldier, quick, alert and full of quiet, easy leadership. His buddies gave him their highest accolade-"a good marine." He was made a corporal, then a sergeant. One day a note came to Raritan on brown wrapping paper from a place called Guadalcanal. "I have arrived safely," was all it said. John's family mailed him paper and pencils, but for all the good it did they might just as well have sent him a dictaphone and secretary...
...Road. In Raritan Township, N.J., William Schmoldt and his wife, proprietors of a roadside restaurant, had their waiter set up their coffee and cake snack in the middle of U.S. Route 1. No cars had come by the time they were ready for their second cup-if they could have had a second...