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l students themselves were tempted, the grim, alert presence of the nuns would have discouraged them. Although they were successful scholars, they were so often ill and missed so many school          days that they had to repeat whole grades. INSTEAD, WE'RE SENDING PEOPLE LIKE THIS TO VIETNAM! Major Rawls drove us to our motel-a modestly pretty place of the hacienda-ty nelt on the chipped marble stairs and gave          her upside-down husband what comfort she could.

Now I'm convinced it was a voice not entirely of this world. But, at the same time, I didn't want him to get a combat-branch assignment. spend a night in one of the dormitory rooms-she would get to know a few of the girls, a few of the other Americans . My mother grew so tolerant of our game that she even complimented us-on occasion-for the creation of an outfit she hadn't thought of.