Word: warded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...residents fear will shut down local hospitals. "Not to worry," said Charles, striding up to a sign-carrying demonstrator. "We have to put this hospital somewhere." Plowing along a line of well-wishers, he joked with a mother of six children ("You're going to heavily populate the pediatrics ward"), then moved inside to greet ranks of giggling student nurses and other hospital workers before popping into a ward to visit patients. Exclaimed one, as he moved on: "What a wonderful bedside manner...
...REFRESHING as this turn-about is, typed characters stubbornly ward off any threat of intense involvement in most stories. Only the appearance of the author himself on the scene saves the reader from boredom. The unusual method of interspersing autobiographical pieces between short stories unifies the book with a chronological thread. Schorer's own life story is so much more original than that of his characters that it seems to undercut the complacent atmosphere of the short stories more effectively than the author's satire...
...James Bundy) to gain the hand of the object of the count's affection, stealing the beautiful Rosina from under the nose of her nasty guardian (Ralph Zito). All ends well, he who laughs last laughs best, and--though we are left with a measure of sympathy for the ward-less guardian--the curtain closes on the first half with great good humor...
...first quarter, as the Eagles' haphazard offense and horror-show defense virtually handed the game to the Crimson. It was the 15-4 at halftime, 21-4 in a scoreless third quarter for B.C., and then two fourth-quarter goals by the Crimson's Mike Ward rounded things...
Aside from Faught, Martin and Ward, the Crimson got two-goal games yesterday from Billy Forbush, Peter Predun, Hank Leopold and Nelson...