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...been a ward of educational institutions long enough, already," he said...
...coincidence? Or was something more sinister behind the high death rate in the 38-bed geriatric ward of the public hospital in the picturesque Flemish Belgian town of Wetteren? Early last year, some of the nurses assigned to the ward, presided over by a short, plump nun named Sister Godfrida, of the Apostolic Congregation of St. Joseph, decided to compile a secret diary about the peculiar goings-on there. In their record they listed not only the continuing deaths and the circumstances surrounding each one but also various incidents of what appeared to be extreme maltreatment of old people...
...suspended last August and dispatched to a Ghent hospital, where she underwent an unsuccessful drug cure. Someone -police suspect the roommate, who visited her at the hospital-provided drugs during her stay. At a press conference, Dr. De Corte revealed that in January, when she returned unchanged, the geriatric-ward nurses decided to confront the hospital administrator with their growing diary of horrors. "When 21 out of 38 die in one year," admitted De Corte, "it is too much." Besides, the diary contained entries of Godfrida-administered "tortures," like ripping catheter tubes out of bladders...
...improvement in her skiing. It's phenomenal. She was in her first race last weekend at Winter Park and did quite well. She was so excited it was hard not to get just as excited watching. That girl is so full of life that it is catchy. Joe Ward is living in Frazier and skiing every day, and he is now the hottest skier at Winter Park. He is very quick and even faster than last year. We are planning to go to Jackson Hole and Sun Valley over spring break to see if we can do some helicopter skiing...
After the omega, the wind resumed and scattered the old Winter Park juniors. Joe Ward is an EMT and an ambulance attendant; he's also worked as a keypuncher, and for a while he sold peanuts and eggs wholesale. Barry Buckman is a construction worker and his sister Linda is a Bible freak at Colorado College. Paul Muffly and Lindy Moon are both pre-meds at CU; Lisa Norling and Bill Heiss are also at CU, where she is studying physical therapy and he is studying partying. Gale Lehman is a circus clown, Jim believes. Charlie Thompson...