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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...still the world's most prestigious scholarship, despite its echoes of Britain's colonial past. Last week 800 Rhodes scholars-named after the colonialist and entrepreneur Cecil John Rhodes-convened at Oxford University to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the trust that administers the fund. Among those present was Staff Writer Kenneth W. Banta, who was there as both observer and participant. Banta is one of six Rhodes scholars on TIME. His report...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Reunion of a Scholarly Elite | 7/11/1983 | See Source »

With such flights of rhetoric, dishes of strawberries and cream, and a generous flow of white wine, the Rhodes Trust last week exuberantly mounted its 80th anniversary party. Since 1903, Rhodes' generous legacy has annually sent a contingent of scholars from Britain's colonies and possessions, or their succeeding states, as well as Germany,* to study at Oxford for up to three years. In all, some 4,700 have been tapped to join the programs, including the 71 scholars now in residence (32 from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Reunion of a Scholarly Elite | 7/11/1983 | See Source »

Leading with his chin, Hope celebrates his 80th birthday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The All-American Wisecracker | 5/30/1983 | See Source »

...strides, wearing golf shirt and cardigan, wildly checked pink and green slacks and white lounging loafers. Forget the puffy, propped-up television image. On the eve of his 80th birthday, Hope looks fabulous. The hair that on his specials can appear fake is a rusty auburn on top and full and white on the sides. "It's thinning," says Hope, smoothing it back, "but it's all mine. I got a hair guy who tints it a bit for television. Otherwise the lights shine right through it. This fellow has a way of pushing it forward to give...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The All-American Wisecracker | 5/30/1983 | See Source »

...Gloucester, Mass., in 1924, courted and married. He was a man of ab solute dedication and conviction, a painter who did almost nothing but paint; the result was an enormous oeuvre, usually a painting a day until heart trouble slowed him down in 1949 and killed him, in his 80th year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Milton Avery's Rich Fabric of Color | 9/27/1982 | See Source »

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