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...those South Boston boys who model themselves after Terry O'Reilly and not Billy Bulger took over for an afternoon of "puck-shooting contests" and speed skating. Monday Miss South Boston was chosen and last night was the swimming tournament. Tomorrow the serious stuff begins with the 99th annual banquet of the South Boston Citizens Association. And everyone lines the streets of Southie on Sunday for the annual parade...
...Chinese, a high point of Blumenthal's trip was his speech at the opening banquet in Peking's Great Hall of the People. To their surprise, the Treasury Secretary began with seven sentences of Chinese before saying, also in Chinese: "Now allow me please to continue in English." At the end he offered a six-sentence toast in Chinese, concluding with the traditional Chinese equivalent of bottoms up, kan-pei. Chinese officials were clearly honored. It was, they said, the first time in memory that a foreign dignitary had used their language in a speech...
...RAMBLINGS: Hooft is just one point shy of 1000 career points at Harvard. If he picks up a couple in tonight's matchup, he will become the seventh man in Harvard basketball history to surpass the mark... This year's roundball banquet will feature Al McGuire, former Marquette coaching great, as speaker. The dinner will be held April 8 and is open to the general public. Anyone interested in attending should call 5-4856 for tickets and further information. HARVARD FG FT REB PF A TP Mannix 2-4 2-2 0 0 0 6 Coatsworth...
...last year's spring banquet, alpine captain Bob Kelley announced to the ski team that he was passing on a ball and chain to his successor, Tim Hofer. Being captain of an athletic squad at Harvard is considered an honor in any sport and skiing is no exception, but heading the ski team carries more responsibility to teammates and more headaches than the captainship of any other squad...
...China in 1972 paved the way for U.S.-Chinese diplomatic normalization. In fact, Teng wanted to stop off at Nixon's home at San Clemente, Calif., a nightmarish thought to Carter's advisers.* As a compromise, the White House invited the former President to the state banquet for Teng in Washington on Jan. 29. Invitations were also sent to former President Gerald Ford and former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and William Rogers. Some initial reactions to the Nixon invitation were almost hysterical. Brooklyn's Democratic Representative Elizabeth Holtzman labeled it "profoundly offensive, repugnant and inexcusable." Even...