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...southern. Only 82 counties-distributed helter-skelter across the country in both zones-reported no polio cases between 1932 and 1946-the period under study. Of the 83 counties which had had epidemics, all but seven were within the northern zone. But within this zone, no clear pattern was apparent...
Author Goudge's aim, through all this, is to show that everything is a "carefully woven pattern where every tightly stretched warp thread of pain [lays] the foundation for a woof thread of joy"-which is a fair example of how the sonorous Victorian style sounds in Miss Goudge's version. However it sounds, Miss Goudge's simple optimism, her invariable happy endings and her soufflé of fairies and folklore always pull her through. Gentian Hill should do it again...
...pays out Marshall Plan Funds. ECA in France publishes a slick-paper monthly magazine, makes little instructive cartoon movies about the Marshall Plan aid, and runs a traveling agricultural exhibit supposed to convince French farmers that they could use a bright new ECA tractor. Other missions largely duplicate this pattern; all rely heavily on hand-outs to the local press for much of their publicity. Completing the propaganda facilities on our side are the various embassies, the United States Information Service, and the Voice of America...
...took just 18 seconds of the first period for Harvard to score its first goal. Captain Myles Huntington set the pattern for the rest of the game by beating Tufts goalie Miles Uhrig to a pass from defenseman Jack Carman in deep Harvard zone...
Though each of Hilton's hotels is different from the others, together they form a rich pattern of 20th Century U.S. hotel life. In the U.S., more than any other country, the big hotel has become a city in itself. There, says Hilton, "you could live out a full life without ever going out of doors. They have nightclubs, banquet halls and shopping centers. You can read a book in the library and use the safe deposit vault as a bank. If you get sick, there's a hospital, with a doctor and a nurse. You can park...