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...most minute instructions as to her care. The pediatrician told the aunt not to take the child from her crib (to preserve the child's excellent routine). By the end of the first week the child was found rolling violently from side to side, and had begun to scratch her face. She became constipated . . . the same type of reaction occurred during the next four years whenever the mother went away...
From 7:30 to 8 a.m. each House serves breakfast to a dozen men. From 9 to 9:15 a hundred others look at their watches and decide to stay in bed. And at 9:15 a few men scratch vainly at locked dining hall doors...
...snow in search of news. His red-rimmed eyes shone brightly through his glasses, grey hair poked out from under a battered fedora, and he needed a shave. Spotting a friend, Hunter, who is deaf, gave a high-pitched shout: "Any news, Bill?" Then Hunter handed him a scratch pad and a pencil. While Bill jotted down the news, Hunter read over his shoulder, now & then shouting fresh questions until he had pumped his informant...
Tests of the first RCA releases showed that the new records are at least as good as other LPs and in some respects superior. The record surfaces seemed to be more uniformly good--hardly any needle scratch. The four records tested compared with only the best Columbia surfaces. The inherent possibilities of all LPs are about equal, leaving most quality differences dependent on processing techniques and microphone placement. Victor has always rated well in this respect and is up to its usual standards on these new records. But it is doubtful that these advantages warrant the higher RCA price...
Since then the University had covered the walls with wallpaper, hiding the painting from view. As the years went by, layer after layer of paper went on in each successive redecoration of the room, until this year the college decided to give it a complete renovation, starting from scratch...