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...started last July, when 16-year-old Sylvia Marie Likens was left with her sister, Jenny, 15, in the care...
...pretty lass who liked the Beatles and roller skating, Sylvia was nicknamed Cookie and described by a girl friend as "a sweet nut." With her few possessions - her most treasured was a jewelry box in which she kept two favorite pins -Sylvia moved into Mrs. B.'s rundown house in an Indianapolis blue-collar neighborhood...
...Elizabeth II while he was special assistant (from 1958 to 1960) to his cousin, John Hay Whitney, then Ambassador to Britain. When the Symingtons went to Washington, he began entertaining foreign visitors at informal songfests, usually in duet with his petite, chestnut-haired wife. An accomplished pianist and harpsichordist, Sylvia Symington has worked as a volunteer music teacher to Washington slum children, in 1960 organized a group of women to help wives of African diplomats overcome their awe of bustling Washington. Proficient in French, she even accompanied her wards to the dentist's office to relay such instructions...
GREENSTONE, by Sylvia Ashton-Warner. Maori and British-descended New Zealanders come together in a graceful parable of age and childhood, mysticism and reality, told with talent enough to create a subtle celebration of life...
...just passed a full year on the bestseller lists, sold 350,000 copies in hard cover and 1,500,000 in its first month in paperback. Warner Bros, has paid $400,000 for film rights and is now trying to pick an actress for the lead role of Teacher Sylvia Barrett-young, bright, compassionate and sexy...