Word: 50th
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Even relatively small and local events evoked or involved heightened group responses. A heave of national paranoia resurfaced on the 50th anniversary of the Roswell, N.M., flying-saucer incident. So certain were an astounding number of Americans that a saucer did indeed crash in the desert near Roswell in 1947 that the Army Air Force command in Fort Worth, Texas, issued an explanation at the time that the vehicle in question had been a weather balloon. This past June, to keep the public calm, the Army published reassuring photos in the papers...
...have sounded quite like the Princess of Wales, but when Queen Elizabeth toasted her husband on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary last week, she did strike a surprising note of intimacy. Talking at one point about the need to be sensitive to the public's will, she said, "I have done my best, with Prince Philip's constant love and help, to interpret it correctly..." There it was--the word love. Yes, she had tucked it away in a parenthetical phrase, but no one could remember the Queen's ever using it in a personal context. Will...
...castle itself provided an apt symbol of royal rejuvenation. The Queen famously called 1992--a year of separations, divorce and scandal--her annus horribilis. The emotional low point may have come on Nov. 20, her 45th wedding anniversary, when Windsor Castle caught fire. Now, just in time for the 50th anniversary, the restoration of the castle has been completed. To regild the plaster, 500,000 sheets of gold leaf were used. Replacing the ceiling of St. George's Hall required 350 mature oaks. The ceiling that the fire destroyed dated from the 1820s, and Prince Charles, believing it was "awful...
...Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the church's organ with a recital by Daniel Forger '99. Free. North-Prospect Church, 1803 Mass Ave., Porter...
...Hillary Clinton celebrates her 50th birthday [NATION, Oct. 20], people around the world will take the opportunity to commend her for a lifetime of work helping those less fortunate. She has used her position as a legal expert and public servant to improve the American family and the lives of children. How unfortunate that her accomplishments have been overlooked in a climate of negativism. Because she has forsaken the safe projects of former First Ladies and tackled more controversial issues, she has come under heavy criticism, as did Eleanor Roosevelt more than a half-century ago. Her book, It Takes...