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...Unmistakable Sound. On the Shalom (Peace), just three hours out of New York on a Caribbean cruise, New York Pharmacist Stephen Tannenbaum and his wife Barbara were among the late-stayers at a Thanksgiving Eve party. Shortly after 2 a.m., they were dancing the cha cha cha in one of the ship's ballrooms when they were thrown to the floor and heard that horrifying dissonance-unmistakable to anyone-that means a collision at sea. On the Stolt Dagali (which means "Pride of Dagali," a Norwegian town), bound for Newark with a crew of 43 and a cargo...
...gloom is heavy on the West side of the Wall, it is thick enough to cut on the East. On Marx-Engels Platz. crowds wander through the "Christmas Market.'' a bright-painted hodgepodge of game booths, carrousels, sausage counters and Ferris wheels. The displays are trimmed with Tannenbaum branches and Christmas decorations, but the people remain grim and unconvivial. At the intersection of Wilhelmstrasse and Unter den Linden, knots of East Berliners gather to stare wistfully westward through the columns of the Brandenburg Gate. Murmured a bespectacled worker: "The Americans should have torn down the Wall...
...before, one of Furbush's colleagues had even suggested a song: Harvard's football classic, "The Gridiron King" ("Hit the line for Harvard ..."). This legislator hoped someone would write new words to "The Gridiron King," much as the State of Maryland had adapted the old German Christmas carol "O Tannenbaum" to its own purposes. This suggestion, however, evoked sharp editorial response from the ever-watchful Boston Herald: "Leave the songs to the birds and Tin-Pan Alley." The Herald's plan, however, does not appear to be the most practical solution. Massachusetts' Official State Bird is, of course, the chickadee...
...other U.S. community, Tannenbaum's Handwriting of the Renaissance would hardly be popular reading. But in suburban Brookline, Mass. (pop. 57,589), a good number of parents are thumbing it through-and all are doing so with a purpose. Last week they were collecting ammunition for the hottest school battle of the year. Their target: the exclusive teaching of manuscript printing in Brookline's public grade schools...
...Superintendent Ernest Caverly, there was: "It's better for left-handed children. It's an aid to better, quicker reading. It's simpler. It's faster." The Parents' Research Committee disagreed. They not only read Tannenbaum for background material, they also queried other communities throughout Massachusetts. Their conclusions: "If they were free to speak, 90% of the teachers would be on our side." Nonsense, said Superintendent Caverly. "Speaking conservatively, I would say that 90% of all teachers-up to and including those in the high schools-would favor manuscript printing...