Word: 200th
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...Posterity is gearing up for the 200th anniversary celebration of the historic document the Founding Fathers produced. Like last year's extravaganza for the Statue of Liberty, the Constitution's bicentennial will offer a jarring contrast between high purpose and pure kitsch. True, the Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, headed by former Chief Justice Warren Burger, has rejected some of the more outrageous proposals. As a result, there will be no bicentennial brownie or constitutional hot dog. The commission has nevertheless designed a circular logo -- enclosing an American flag, an eagle and a scroll with the words...
Franklin and Marshall has a tradition of its own. Harvard turned 350 this past year; the Diplomats are celebrating their 200th birthday Saturday...
...down to Orlando with my good friend and journalistic sage, Rutger Fury, and take part in the Great Lemming Run to Disney World with the rest of the American press establishment. Apparently there was to be a big party celebrating the 15th year of the Magic Kingdom and the 200th of the U.S. Constitution--in that order, presumably--and Walt was covering all the bills...
Stephenson left DuPont seven years ago and headed back to Exeter, where he worked in the alumni office and planned that school's 200th birthday celebration...
...selection process had begun quietly three weeks earlier. In late May, Burger asked for an appointment with the President, ostensibly to discuss the 1987 celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Constitution. Reagan's aides were reluctant; as chairman of the Commission on the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, Burger was constantly complaining that the celebration was short of funds and understaffed. Still, Burger was invited down to the White House. Only after he had chatted with Reagan for 20 minutes about the bicentennial did Burger drop the bombshell that he was resigning, a year earlier than most expected...