Word: birthdays
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...student entering college as a freshman who, by virtue of previous military training or service, is entitled to credit for the first year, Basic Courses, but who, in the normal course of events, will complete the four years undergraduate study and graduate prior to reaching his 20th birthday, may be required to defer his enrollment in the second year, Basic Course, until the commencement of his sophomore year...
That night the town gave Grandma a 100-place birthday banquet. She easily blew out all 90 candles on her 79-lb. cake, told well-wishers that she felt "no older than I did at 70." Highlight of her day was a congratulatory wire from President Truman: "May the spirit of spring and eternal sunshine be yours always...
...Forward, biggest U.S. Yiddish-language daily, has been the most influential single institution in helping many immigrants adjust to American life. Last week at a dinner in Manhattan's Hotel Commodore, 1,500 admirers paid tribute to Ab Cahan (rhymes with Don) in celebration of his 90th birthday and his 48th year as editor of the Forward. From President Truman, Britain's Herbert Morrison, Israel's Prime Minister Ben-Gurion and many another notable came well-wishes and praise for the impressive journalistic achievements of Cahan and his paper...
White House correspondents gave Presidential Secretary William D. Hassett a talking mynah for his 69th birthday present last year, and the black, orange-ruffed bird caught on fast. He learned to cock his head and cry: "What about the appropriation?" Hassett, an old newsman himself, soon taught the bird to squawk: "Flash! Get me the desk!" "Flash" became his name...
...clock on the morning of her 70th birthday, Princess Wilhelmina, Queen of The Netherlands from 1898 to 1948, gathered together her paints and easel, silently left Het Loo palace to work on a half-finished landscape. Later in the day she joined Queen Juliana, Prince Bernhard and her four granddaughters for a quiet family party...