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...just lost our poise a little bit at the end and that's about it," said Penn State Coach Joe Paterno, who won his 400th game--296 as the head coach--since arriving at Happy Valley...
...April 30, at 3 p.m., the Arts First celebration concludes with the University Choir's performance of Purcell's Ode to St. Cecilia at Memorial Church, commemorating the 400th anniversary of Purcell's death...
...fall event of the French museums is the retrospective of Nicolas Poussin at the Grand Palais in Paris, marking the 400th anniversary of the painter's birth. The visitor is warned: this is not an easy show, and given the queues outside and the crowds within, it taxes the concentration of even the hardiest gallerygoer. It contains 245 paintings and preparatory drawings -- a fearsome demonstration of the borrowing power of Pierre Rosenberg, the show's chief organizer, who runs the Louvre's department of paintings. One may even wonder whether it is addressed to a general public...
...Rice collected his 2,400th career hit with an RBI single in the seventh. He is third on Boston's all-time hit list behind Carl Yazstremski (3,419) and Ted Williams...
...Pledge of Allegiance were drawn up in 1892 as a promotional vehicle for a Boston magazine called Youth's Companion. Composed by a staff writer for the weekly publication, which normally featured morally uplifting anecdotes for young readers, the pledge was intended for recital at ceremonies marking the 400th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of America. According to the official program distributed by the magazine, students first acknowledged the Stars and Stripes with a military salute. Then, "the right hand is extended gracefully, palm upward, towards the Flag, and remains in this gesture til the end of the affirmation...