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...Betty Sheaffer has never been able to go to school because she suffers from osteogenesis imperfecta, an uncommon disorder in which the bones are so fragile that they snap under the slightest strain. She has had about 100 fractures (her parents have lost count), at least two simply from being startled. Last week Betty Sheaffer, 22, graduated from Stowe Township High School, near Pittsburgh, after 13 years of home instruction. Her chosen career : typist, working at home...
...that would be right. During the war she spent three years on a farm in Buckinghamshire, while her husband was overseas with the R.A.F. From the attic of the 16th century house she could see London, 40 miles away, being destroyed each night. But with uncommon discipline she kept the war and her absent husband almost entirely out of her pages. Instead, she watched Nature's show as the seasons turned, observed her young sons with curiosity and astonishment, dwelt on her reading and her memories...
...dictum of 200 years ago: "Man is entirely, perfectly and unspeakably different from a mere machine." However, he says, "in all too many American corporations, management may be aware of this but, for some inexplicable reasons, devotes more concern to the machine than the man. It is not uncommon to find an executive who worries more about tire replacement on his fleet of trucks than the health of his employees...
...trend in American higher learning has certainly drifted from freedom to conformity in thought and action. Not only is Bard sorely in need of financial assistance, but it needs the assurance of the academic, professional and business worlds that a Bard graduate will not be handicapped by his "uncommon" education. . . . . Wendy Gluck, Brandels University
...common sense. But two Frenchmen have put out books about experiences that belie the national characteristic. One decided to penetrate the Amazonian jungle and make friends with cannibals. The other proposed crossing the Atlantic alone in a 15-ft. dinghy fitted with a single tiny sail. Both were displaying uncommon sense, which is the kind that turns the key on adventure and opens doors to discovery...