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...three days. She joined the sisters in their devotional, working and recreational periods, and soon saw for herself that convent life is not-in the words of the jest-all tedium and Te Deum. There were, for example, the sisters on a work detail clearing stumps and burning brush who wisely took along marshmallows for toasting; and the candle-bearing novice who set fire to the veil of another novice in the procession for Compline, the last office of the convent day. "There was plenty of action," recalled the Novice Mistress with a hearty laugh. One young sister, thinking...
Liquid Tile. A liquid plastic that dries into a smooth, hard, waterproof, tile-like surface was put on sale by Ev-R Shield Products, Inc. of Joppa, Md. "Glascote," painted by brush, swab or roller onto porous materials like plaster, plaster wallboard, seasoned wood, concrete or pressed wood, develops a poreless finish that, says the manufacturer, is invulnerable to all known solvents. Price...
...final honor seemed to be his. Then last week, in a game against the Boston Bruins, Rocket Richard exploded into one of the most splendid flare-ups of his career. Clipped in the head by Boston Forward Hal Laycoe's high-swinging stick, the Rocket hardly bothered to brush the blood out of his eyes before he flattened Laycoe. He also managed to give Linesman Cliff Thompson a poke...
...defense has dominated world affairs-from budgets to foreign policy-for more than 15 years. Nonetheless, the nation's academicians still brush off the study of war as a matter best left to professional military men. Result: a hard-to-fill hole in the education of civilians who shape U.S. policy at home and abroad...
...chose C in both instances, you are an incurable wag and don't deserve success or popularity anyway. Mr. Davis is very firm about humor. You are to write down all jokes and then "brush up on your humor just before you want to use it. This technique is used by some of the most successful salesmen." Of course, that's what Jim used to do, and how far did it get him? Come to think of it. I'll bet Davis isn't so darned good looking. Fat from all those dinners...