Word: birthdays
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Council of Deans will consider at a meeting this morning the possibilities of a week-long break for George Washington's Birthday to save energy in February...
...dean of this unique college is as impressive as the faculty. Born in St. Louis in 1903, Schmitt studied medicine at Washington University, published two papers in Science before his 20th birthday and received his doctorate in physiology* before going abroad for two years of study in England and Germany. He returned to Washington U., where he remained on the faculty until moving to M.I.T...
...friends by playing duets with his wife Barbara, a former concert pianist. Schmitt has a Teutonic dedication to hard work, moves at constant flank speed and, according to a colleague, has a tendency to "take every red traffic light as a personal affront." Asked at a recent 70th-birthday dinner if he planned to retire, Schmitt did not hesitate: "Not in the conventional sense of the word," he answered. "There are two meanings of this word, and to me, retire means to put new tires on the old chassis and get going again...
...chill of winter and making up the lost time during the spring and early summer vacation periods. New York City is looking at several contingency plans, including one calling for four-day weekends whenever a holiday falls on a Tuesday or Thursday, as do Lincoln's Birthday and the Nov. 5 general election. Other districts, like Kansas City, Mo., are shutting down several elementary schools and consolidating them with others. If the Idaho State Board of Education approves a petition of the Payette schools this month, Payette children will go to an eight-hour, four-day week every week...
...birthday of the world's latest self-governing nation was a subdued, almost furtive occasion. Joy was restrained, to say the least, and so were the celebrations. Pubs and clubs in all of Papua New Guinea were closed not only on Dec. 1, the first day of self-rule, but also on the days preceding and following the historic event. The passage of power was officially marked only by a brief ceremony in the capital of Port Moresby, where the Australian administrator changed his title to high commissioner, the equivalent of ambassador...