Word: 80th
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...80th birthday, Manhattan's spry Patroness of Arts Eleanor Robson Belmont was hailed by the Metropolitan Opera, got her hand kissed by Opera Manager Rudolf Bing, a gallantry that drew a hearty laugh from Opera President Anthony Bliss. It was close to the 25th anniversary of the Metropolitan Opera Association, which Mrs. Belmont founded in order to bring great music to millions. After a ceremony in Bing's offices, Eleanor Belmont was presented to the Met audience between acts of a Saturday matinee performance of Manon...
...grew up, Britain's peppery Lord Beaverbrook put up at Fredericton's Lord Beaverbrook Hotel, spent hours right next door in the city's Lord Beaverbrook Art Gallery, one of his many gifts to the province. Facing the local press on the eve of his 80th birthday, Journalist Beaverbrook parried questions with professional skill, along the way paid bittersweet tribute to a transatlantic competitor. Asked by a newshound what he regards as his greatest achievement in publishing, His Lordship shot back: "Reading the 145 pages of the New York Times Sunday edition in one sitting, through...
...colorful abuse against all the labor-reform bills now before Congress. The years had left their mark on the old ham: the massive shoulders were stooped, the magnificent mop of hair had turned white, and the hedgerow eyebrows were frosted with grey. But John L. Lewis, now in his 80th year, was the same ferocious old firebreather...
...Radcliffe Development Fund has reached a total of $4,804,000, National Chairman Robert I. Hunneman '28, announced yesterday at the climax of "Radcliffe Panorama," an all-day program celebrating Radcliffe's 80th birthday. The gift of $657,133 from the estate of Mrs. Georgine Holmes Thomas means the Fund is now a year ahead of its ten-year schedule to raise $10 million...
Radcliffe College will mark its 80th birthday today with "Panorama," a day-long program damatizing several aspects of a Radcliffe education today. More than 8,000 New England alumnae, parents, and friends of the College have been invited to attend the celebration...