Word: 400th
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Looking ahead to the 400th anniversary of Harvard in 2036, Pusey, a Greek scholar, says that the center of the world will have shifted to the Pacific, away from the Atlantic. After having worked for six years with higher education in East Asia, especially with the People's Republic of China, Pusey says, "I feel myself that we have worshipped this Western tradition too long. The Chinese civilization is so much more ancient than ours, and here we look down on them...
Nahigian had to be happy about the nightcap--if not for his 400th victory, then for Mike Presz's strong pitching...
Although Navy's supremacy nixed any similar comeback plans this season, Crimson Coach Alex Nahigian did salvage one bonus from this weekend: he won his 400th collegiate contest Saturday...
Ticknor's goal marked the 400th point of her Dartmouth career. The senior forward was out for the early part of this season with a separated shoulder...
...this was the year in which Ronald Reagan was re-elected to the White House, but those with a broader historical perspective have other things to commemorate. Like the 400th anniversary of Sir Walter Raleigh's first colony in the New World, the 300th anniversary of the completion of the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, the 200th anniversary of Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, the 100th anniversary of the first volume of the Oxford English Dictionary and the 50th anniversary of Muzak. Muzak? Wouldn't that be like celebrating the first broadcast singing commercial...