Word: birthday
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with Irving Berlin, one of the two composers chiefly responsible for establishing the modern musical as an important theatrical genre. Kern was also the major stimulus for the young George Gershwin, and has remained an idol for the still-active Richard Rodgers, who celebrates his 75th birthday tomorrow...
...troops, the low-flying Starfighters were deliberately used to make the hostages seek cover on the floor-the safest place for them during a gun battle. Authorities theorized that both victims #151;a 40-year-old man from Elst and an Indonesian girl from Groningen who spent her 20th birthday on the train -were shot when they stood up. But so effective were the terrifying roars of the jetcraft that the great majority of the prisoners instinctively dove for the ground. Summed up Air Force Major W.A. Blaauw: "It was a nice operation. You must count on some casualties...
...Happy birthday...
Paul is not known to possess any sickness unto death, but rumors persist that he might resign, possibly on his 80th birthday. No Pope has resigned for centuries, however, and Paul has never indicated that he is considering it. Moreover, he would be highly unlikely to quit on his birthday since that would disrupt the Synod of Bishops that opens Sept. 30, which has been in preparation over the past three years. Paul's moves last week have brought the voting membership of the College of Cardinals up to 119 out of the full 120 permitted. He also named...
...Yale everything seemed to be happening at once. Among the recipients of honorary degrees was a well-tanned and teary-eyed Gerald Ford, who received a standing ovation as President Kingman Brewster read his citation: "It took someone to get the house clean in time for the birthday party. Somehow, you managed to get us ready to celebrate. Like the tall ships, you were a symbol of stately and cheerful serenity." Brewster, who was leaving the university after 14 often stormy years as president, then got a surprise honorary degree himself ("You have been the disturber of placid assumptions...