From A to Z
Ellios Sloane, a teacher of science at a large metropolitan high school
, first paid little attention to the fact that his two biology classes
were so disparate in performance. In most school the classes are 
alphabetically heterogeneous, with youngster's name running the gamut from
Adams to Zilch. But biology 121 had only A's and B's, whereas biology 
128 had T's, V's, W's, Y's, and Z's. Mr. Sloane, a perspicacious teacher
, perceived the differences between the two groups: while their reading
score and I Q's were roughly analogous, it was apparent that biology
128 was replete with maladjusted students, while biology 121 had normal
ones.




the distaff side--The men had brandy on the porch, while the distaff side 
gathered to gossip in the kitchen.
(women(distaff was a staff used in spinning))