Word: birthdays
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Embarrassing, but funny" said John P. Siracuse '87 of the strip-a-gram his roommates sent him for his 22nd birthday. Siracuse, who was attending a formal dinner in the Winthrop House Junior Common room when the stripper entered, said he was very surprised when the unfamiliar woman walked up to his table...
...surprised all right," said Arnetta C. Girardeau '90, whose roommates sent her a strip-a-gram for her December birthday. "They had a surprise party and then the stripper came. It totally freaked me out. He got down to just a G-string and began talking, dancing, and gyrating. It was definitely different...
John Polk is a shy college boy getting ready for a birthday present from his frat brothers--a night with a French Quarter prostitue. Drinking at the Blue Angel saloon to settle his nerves, he is intruded upon by Ashbe, a girl with horn-rimmed glasses and non-stop chitchat. The two misfits somehow hit it off and end up at Ashbe's unkempt apartment, where she serves Cheerios, marshmallows, and drinks with blue food-coloring. By the end of the night, they are dancing to the sweet sounds of New Orleans radio, very pleased in their shared oddness...
Callers to Arany's Currier room will hear "Surprise!" and a recording of a crowd of people singing "Happy Birthday," after which a voice tells callers to hang up because they are waiting for a phone call...
...primary concern of the national-service supporters is the "baby-bust generation" and its effect on the military. In 1980, 2 million young men reached their milestone 18th birthday. By 1986 the number was down to 1.7 million, and by 1992 it will have dropped to 1.6 million. Says a Democratic Leadership Council report: "The coming manpower pinch will make it difficult to maintain the current quality and size of the all-volunteer force without driving up its already considerable cost." Pentagon officials argue that the all-volunteer force has had no trouble getting quality recruits or controlling costs...