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...Tuesday November 9th, 1993, around 400 Harvard students gathered at the Forum of the John F. Kennedy School of Government to celebrate Professor John Kenneth Galbraith's 85th Birthday and watch the debate on NAFTA between Vice President Al Gore '69 and Ross Perot. After the debate, Galbraith commented on what has been the most widely seen event on cable TV's history. He criticized Perot's lack of coherence and the exaggeration of both debaters on the impact NAFTA would have in the U.S. economy...
Under a bouquet of "Happy 85th Birthday" balloons, Galbraith answered questions from Marvin Kalb, director of the Shorenstein Barone Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy...
...supply of lavish praise from celebrities met demand for the attention of one of academia's most famous personalities last night at the 85th birthday bash for Warburg Professor of Economics Emeritus John Kenneth Galbraith...
...none. One French volunteer gives him a thumbs-up sign and two others clap. Spectators in the stands by now are as rare as daisies in the snow. The photographers have gone off for lunch, and the TV crews are preparing their Tomba stories. Still, the man now in 85th place hopes there will be more watchers for his second run, if only to see Tomba come out to collect a bouquet. If Alberto wins today," he offers gamely, "I win too." Besides, he has had a chance to see his hero in action. "The legend really fits," he says...
...Dodgers will host Game 1 of the 85th World Series Saturday against Oakland in a rematch of the 1974 Series won by the Athletics in five games...