Word: 27th
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Prime Minister Edward Heath caromed back to his home town of Broadstairs, Kent, whipped up a practiced baton and led the choir through its annual Christmas carol concert. The P.M. knows at least as much about conducting a choir as conducting a parliamentary majority; this is the 27th year he has presided over the caroling, and only his first at No. 10 Downing Street. "An improvement, on the whole," he said of the choristers. "Must be something to do with the change in climate." It was obvious that he did not have the weather in mind...
...rare. Those who both reside and work in the building are well on the way toward developing a new style of life. Lapsed Suburbanite Hal Farris, a 44-year-old advertising vice president, lives in a two-bedroom, 69th-floor flat with wife and daughter and works on the 27th floor. His commute is about 90 seconds if he hits the elevators properly. Farris makes a point of getting out daily unless the weather is bad. But he and his family are also fascinated by Big John. "It's a new way of life for us," he says...