Word: schoolchildren
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...Italian schoolchildren in uniform chanted in expectation of the Pope’s appearance, while tourists patiently bore the castigation of the mid-morning sun. But when the man in white finally appeared, upheaval came over the entire audience. As Benedict began weaving his way through the crowds in his unshielded Pope-mobile, everyone leapt atop his own chair, and shouts of “Papa!” filled the arena. I, too, craned my neck to see the face of Rome’s infallible pontiff...
...drug was especially effective in preventing colds caused by rhinoviruses, the largest single group of cold-causing viruses and the kind blamed for most of the colds brought home by schoolchildren in autumn. "They are responsible for more than half of colds in the fall and spring," says Dr. Jeffrey Stritar, director of antiviral clinical research at Schering-Plough Corp. in New Jersey. Schering, which funded both studies, is one of several companies using genetic-engineering techniques to manufacture alpha-interferon...
...despite a six-week soak in salt water, provide valuable data about the disaster. Although NASA had not announced it, within a few days of the crash U.S. Coast Guard searchers recovered three battered flight helmets and a plastic package containing materials McAuliffe had planned to use to teach schoolchildren "lessons from space...
...past few weeks, half a million Peking schoolchildren have fanned out into the city's streets to look for "bad characters." Another Cultural Revolution in the making? Not at all. The Young Pioneers, a political version of boy and girl scouts, are taking part in a scholarly exercise called "Let the spring wind drive away wrong characters." Dictionaries in hand, they are scouring the city for incorrect Chinese characters in advertisements, shop names and road signs. The kids have found and corrected 40,000 bad characters...
...official photographer for his mother's 60th birthday, the celebration of which began last week with a service in St. George's Chapel at Windsor. After a walkabout in the town, the Queen repaired to Windsor Castle for lunch, then drove to Buckingham Palace to watch 6,000 schoolchildren sing "Happy Birthday" and wave some 120,000 daffodils. Then the birthday Queen changed into an evening gown and her favorite diamond tiara for a gala "Fanfare for Elizabeth" at Covent Garden, featuring the likes of Placido Domingo, Gelsey Kirkland and a special ballet, created by Sir Frederick Ashton and based...