At Wit’s End A playful note about enduring friendship
A long-winded personal reminiscence contrasts two close friends Mayva and the narrator. The piece blends humor and affectionate jabs about diet habits parties grandmothers and baby tales. It ends with a warm if teasing birthday exchange and a playful hope for lasting friendship.
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Bell Telephone
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Miriam Hopkins
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Biofeedback aids teens in quitting smoking in N H program
In New Hampshire a biofeedback based quit smoking program in 13 high schools uses electronic devices to show immediate harm from smoking. Early data suggest 20 percent of participants quit or cut down, with full results pending after 2,500 followups.
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Concord
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New Hampshire Lung Association
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Lung Association
Valery Mitchell
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Plutonium danger questioned by GAO over reactor pamphlets
The GAO says a private interests group for the Clinch River reactor understated plutonium dangers. It objected to Breeder Reactor Corp pamphlets from Oak Ridge Tennessee claiming plutonium is not a realistic threat. Clark Gibbs defended the pamphlets as accurate.
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General Accounting Office
Clinch River
GAO
Breeder Reactor Corp
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Clark Gibbs
Yearend letter responses and awkward family notices
A readers’ exchange critiques festive form letters and shares humorous while chastened anecdotes. Ann Landers offers blunt guidance on tact, friendship, and handling family madness from a sarcastic holiday letter to a troublesome pet incident.
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