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...those with a global perspective, there is plenty to inspire gratitude this season: the country is not (yet) at war; there are families in Romania, Germany, Hungary and Czechoslovakia sharing the holidays in freedom and safety for the first time; Frank Sinatra just celebrated his 75th birthday. But try as they will to count blessings, many Americans who read the newspapers, check their bank statements or listen to the tinny jingles from Washington have a hard time believing that 'tis the season to be jolly...
...Arizona's Fiesta Bowl planned to contribute $100,000 to each of the two colleges fielding teams for the football game. The money would be designated for minority scholarships. Bowl officials hoped the offer would neutralize criticism of Arizona's refusal to make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a state holiday, which had led to a call for colleges to boycott the game. But in a Dec. 4 letter, Michael Williams, Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights, advised Fiesta organizers that such "race exclusive" scholarships were probably illegal...
...Monroe's frequent absence from the set threw the production into turmoil. She called in sick for the first two weeks of shooting, arrived late or not at all many other days and enraged studio bosses when she left the set to fly to Washington for President Kennedy's birthday party. As shooting fell further and further behind schedule, Fox executives, already reeling from budget overruns on the Elizabeth Taylor-Richard Burton extravaganza Cleopatra, fired her and sued for breach of contract. But they quietly hired her back weeks later when co-star Dean Martin, out of loyalty to Monroe...
...destruction of shanties erected to protest apartheid with sledge hammers on the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday...
Meanwhile, an additional 50,000 apartments are being completed for Kim Il Sung's 80th birthday in 1992. Many Korea watchers believe in that year, when Kim Jong Il turns 50, the father may hand power over to the son. Though citizens in Pyongyang still seem eager to attest to their devotion to their leaders, some of their enthusiasm may be quickened by the fact that theirs is one of the most militarized countries in the world (with nearly 900,000 troops among its 21 million people). According to the human-rights group Asia Watch, as many...