Word: 30th
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Eisenmann comes to Radcliffe during a transitional period for the Bunting Institute. Nearing its 30th anniversary, the institute is starting to reassess its goals as a new leadership takes over, said Ladd, who was hired as director this year...
...public officials may also be chastened by the experience of Franklin Roosevelt, the only modern President to try to tamper with Thanksgiving. Back in 1939, Roosevelt touched off a patriotic uprising when he issued a proclamation unilaterally shifting Thanksgiving from the then customary last Thursday in November (the 30th) to the fourth Thursday (the 23rd) as a way of granting Depression-era merchants a longer Christmas selling season. F.D.R.'s Thanksgiving formula was later codified into federal law, but not before Ogden Nash composed the following couplet...
...attend showings and to discuss the art of animation. This year, Marv Newland will be on hand for the opening weekend of the Festival (April 21st and 22nd) while Marilyn Zornado of Will Vinton Studios will be bringing some claymation creations to the Festival on April 29th and 30th...
...eyes of Texas will be on the Harvard track team as it travels to Houston, for its outdoor season opener against Rice University March 30th and April 1st. Both the men's and women's teams won the Greater Boston Indoor Championships over the winter and are hoping for a repeat performance this spring in the outdoor competition...
Toys that catch fire are another worry. Americans for Democratic Action, a Washington watchdog group, tested 18 stuffed animals and found that 13 of them, including Mattel's Baby Mickey Snuggle Pal, Paddington's 30th Anniversary bear from Eden Toys and Playskool's Big Bird, are flammable, even though they meet existing federal and industry standards. Manufacturers say they have had few complaints and would have to use toxic chemicals to make the toys fully flame-retardant...