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...letter to the superintendent of schools. "Dear Doctor lemmel." he wrote, "I like to do my school work at home. Because we do not get as much work . . . Another reason is then I can get a drink of water or be excused when I want to." With that chore out of the way, young Billy started his school day. All he had to do was to turn the TV knob to channel...
Protecting Greater New York against a possible sneak air attack is the dreary chore assigned to gunners of the 52nd Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade. Looking to a cold winter, the Army brass decided to give the 52nd-housed in drafty canvas tents-a better deal in living quarters...
This week, Lucky Billo engaged in his last big diplomatic chore, lent his official presence to the inauguration of Mexico's new President (see HEMISPHERE). Then, as he went off to relax on the sands at Acapulco, many a New Yorker guessed that he would settle down south of the border for good, to bask in the southern sun and enjoy the admiration of the understanding Latins, and perhaps reflect cozily, like a retired Houdini recalling the box trick, on his old adventures in practical politics...
...tracks and overhead trolley wire from an abandoned line in a Naples suburb. Naples' police rounded up the thieves (they had worked for three weeks in the bright Neapolitan sunshine ripping up the rails, even recruiting hired laborers to help), and wearily set to work on a new chore-patrolling the miles of trolley track still unstolen...
...leading bovine milk producer, and imply that in her thrice-daily milkings, she has succumbed to the machine age. Hazel is not entrusted to the mechanical monsters of the dairy. For the past 13 years (less vacations), Jean Berguery of Pellissier Dairies has devoted himself to the chore of extracting almost nine gallons a day from Hazel's ample productive area...