Word: birthday
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...enunciate clearly." In every other respect, however, Ike today seems as chipper as ever. This week, in appreciation of his present vigor and past feats, Republicans will gather to salute the former President at banquet tables from Alaska to Connecticut. The occasion: Dwight Eisenhower's 75th birthday...
...never occurred to the Dodgers to worry. They were too busy being happy about going back to their own carefully tailored ballpark, with its concrete infield, bunt-favoring baselines and hard-to-reach fences. To celebrate that (and Owner Walter O'Malley's 62nd birthday), Pitcher Claude Osteen-an American League castoff whose lifetime record against Minnesota is 6-0-shut out the Twins on five hits. The Dodgers pounded a succession of Minnesota pitchers for ten-including five doubles. Los Angeles won 4-0. Back home-sweet home, back in the Series...
...first shock of disaster, it was feared that as many as 2,000 might have perished. Refugee camps were hurriedly set up, and President Diosdado Macapagal left his own birthday party to supervise rescue operations. How many victims Taal had claimed this time might not be known for months, if ever. In the first three days, 25 bodies were found...
...several months has been, a cuckold. A bit of rough weather, that. But as a British civil servant, Hedges takes a firm grip on his brolly and does the decent thing. Even after his wife divorces him and marries the other bloke, he still sends her birthday cards and occasionally advances the new couple a few quid to keep things going. People call him a chump, and Hedges is vaguely aware that they are right, but what can a man do when he lacks the "ability to loathe...
...There is something pathetically juvenile in the President's having to distribute souvenir pens to grown men after signing a bill [Aug. 20]. The pen he gives out has no meaning; it reminds one of a birthday party at which each small child has to "get something" to avoid hurt feelings...