Word: wander
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...after another and told horror stories. One reported that she had 60 pupils in her class-"six-oh"-and elicited a loud moan of sympathy. A first-grade teacher related how she spent the morning escorting her 48 pupils to the bathroom. Others told how strangers were able to wander around school corridors, no longer deterred by the guards, who had been laid...
SCREEN YOUR CHIMNEY. It wouldn't be a vacation without a roaring fire in the fireplace. But sparks from your chimney can wander into nearby brush if they're not controlled. So always attach a non-flammable screen to the top of your chimney or stovepipe. And be sure the openings in the screen are no more than 1/2 inch in size. That way you'll trap your sparks before they get away. If you're not sure what kind of screen is best for your chimney, check with your local fire department...
...suitably impressed by it all; they sit reverently in their color-coded grandstand seats, gazing out into the cavern. The size of the place and its frightening newness and emptiness and the reverent tones of the voice on the tape have lulled newcomers into a punchy stupor, and they wander around obediently. People who work at the Superdome are more jaded, and the tour guides tell each other jokes and surreptitiously play the radio. Dazed-looking construction workers and officious security guards wander through the press box and box seats and field, but the place is so huge that they...
...street of Sacramento cannot be dismissed in a few days. It casts its shadow over the entire presidential campaign and each of the contenders. In the compressed and angry American society of 1975, the risks are too great for the President and the men who want the job to wander casually through the populace wringing hands and squeezing elbows. It is a bitter note for politicians after almost 200 years of open campaigning in a free society, but politics like many of our other institutions needs modifying before more disasters overtake...
...that was happening in European art in 1921. For a refreshing change, it's not the scholars who made this selection but the artists themselves. Bauhaus teachers invited contributions from the artists they admired. It's a medley of masters and, as with a museum's permanent exhibits, you wander through and enjoy your favorites...