Word: birthday
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...person who witnesses and reports all this is Daniel Quinn, an orphan approaching his 15th birthday who works for the roguish John the Brawn. This night is the making of Quinn and his book, for it is then that he falls helplessly in love with Maud and launches himself on the adventures that he will gradually learn to capture in words. "Quinn," he asks himself at one point, "when will you become wise, or even smart?" Quinn's Book provides the answer...
...which gathers together all of Wilbur's six previous volumes and introduces 27 new works. Included among these is On Freedom's Ground, a cantata written in collaboration with Composer William Schuman that was performed in New York City in 1986 to mark the Statue of Liberty's 100th birthday. That a serious poet would contribute his skill to a national celebration, throwing well-chosen words into the melee of fireworks, bumper stickers and beer, may seem surprising. Yet Wilbur's poetry has never drawn a sharp distinction between public and private occasions. The job of the poet, his work...
When he suspended his campaign last Thursday, three weeks after his birthday, Gore quipped, "I was doing great until I turned 40." In fact, being 39 was part of the problem. His failings were those of the young -- indecision during critical times, a desire to please too many people, and insecurity about his age. He did not capitalize on what could have been his biggest asset -- the vigor that stood in contrast to the sclerotic dusk of the Reagan era. He bottled up his puckish humor and came off as stiff. He eschewed well-tailored suits that could have turned...
...special occasions. Tokyo Disneyland marked its fifth anniversary with a song-and-dance wingding featuring 800 performers and a nighttime parade of 44 twinkly floats. In Los Angeles the animated personalities of Mickey, Minnie and Donald frolicked on the Academy Awards show to celebrate the mouse's 60th birthday this year, an event Disney will observe with all the frills this fall...
...There is always criticism from some parts of an ecclectic faculty on most issues," Greenberg says. "I think it is fair to say that one of the excellent things to remember as the Legal Aid Bureau celebrates its 75th birthday is that it is steeped in a great deal of tradition but is flexible enough to change and to grow...