Word: birthdays
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When Chief Patrick F. Ready reaches his 65th birthday on Nov. 29, he will be turning his back on 41 years of police work which began back on New Year's Day in 1916 when Ready assumed the position of patrolman on an East Cambridge beat...
...spirit in which the American Church ministers to its wandering U.S. souls remains the same as it was in 1857. There is little likelihood that either will change. As Pastor Emeritus Cochran told parishioners last week: "With rejoicing and thanksgiving we celebrate this church's 100 birthday. It is a time for rededication to the holy cause for which it was established...
...Boulanger, they found not only a diamond-edged musical intelligence but a sinewy will that forced them to hew rigidly to the demands of their talents. The distinguished Boulanger alumni-they call themselves the "Boulangerie"-were gathered in all parts of the world last week to celebrate her 70 birthday. At the split-level chalet of Conductor Igor Markevitch, in the Swiss Alps near Montreux, "chère Nadia" herself,-white-haired, prim as ever in a black evening gown, held court before such famous ex-pupils as Pianist Clara Haskil, Cellist Pierre Fournier, Composer Darius Milhaud...
...children presented Nadia with a $3,000 diamond bought by members of the Boulangerie the world over, the guests launched into an exuberant chorus composed for the occasion by Francis Poulenc. "Vive Nadia, the dear Nadia Boulanger, the very dear Nadia, Al-le-lu-jah!" Later, musicians performed another birthday tribute: a cantata by Composer Jean Françaix for five strings, five winds and six-handed piano. Over the bubbly, breakneck music ex-pupils chanted their praise of Nadia. One, made up to look like President René Coty of France, paid the Fourth Republic's tribute; another...
Sole Searching. In Kensington, Conn., an FBI agent spotted new wires in his house, reasoned that someone was trying to tap his line, ripped them all out, shamefacedly learned that the wires had been specially installed for a hi-fi set his wife planned as a birthday present...