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Farnsworth could not predict whether the incidence of flu will increase from its pre-vacation level, when Stillman almost reached its capacity of about 70 beds. He referred to some authorities who claimed there will be a nationwide peak in mid-January...
...exacted a high price in blood and patience for each rocky mile. In addition to the Allies, Kesselring had to deal with ferocious Italian partisans. One group, armed with parachuted weapons, carried on by blasting freight trains and ambushing German patrols in and around Monte Sole, the most prominent peak of a collection of modest Apennines 15 miles south of Bologna. Because Monte Sole lay directly in the "path of Kesselring's retreat route, its partisans represented a serious threat to orderly German withdrawal...
With millions of Americans already victimized by the epidemic, the American Red Cross declared a "disaster situation." Federal health authorities, warning that the worst is yet to come, predicted that the peak should be reached around New Year's Day or mid-January. Before the virus has run its course, perhaps 30 million citizens will have been abed with coughs, chills, fever, and general aches and pains...
...March 31 that he would not run for re-election and that he was making new overtures to end the Viet Nam war. The average sagged in August but soon rebounded in what brokers called "Nixon rallies." At year's end, the index was approaching its historic peak of 995.15, set in February...
...church: she much admires Marble Collegiate's pastor, Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, author of the bestselling The Power of Positive Thinking (who was bedded down late last week with a case of flu complicated by hiccups). Her family has often attended his church. Julie shares a copy of Peak's book with a Smith classmate and brides maid, Anne Davis, who says: "Dr. Peale has helped us through all the rough spots."* Sample Peale advice to newly weds: "Couples who pray together grow together-and stick together...