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...throats in the seaside town of Blackpool last week as Britain's Conservative Party opened its annual conference. And why not rejoice? It was the first gathering of the Tory clans since their historic election victory last June. There was even a dollop of frosting on the political cake in the form of two important Tory birthdays: the party's 100th and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's 58th. It was, then, an occasion for especially lusty renditions of God Save the Queen and Land of Hope and Glory. Above all, it was a moment of sweet triumph...
...also a social spot, where neighbors met to gossip and hear the news. That tradition has been gloriously and ingeniously revived in Washington's Old Post Office, halfway between the White House and the Capitol on Pennsylvania Avenue. Once an embarrassing derelict, the ten-story, 1899 Romanesque wedding cake of Maine granite has been lovingly rehabilitated as a lively market and office place...
...achievement. He urged students to involve themselves instead in extracurricular activities, citing statistics that the most successful Harvard students are those who participate in activities, rather than those who do nothing but study. "In this respect: Harvard is one of the few places where you can have your cake and eat it too," he added...
...Cassin Young You don't have to go to Latin America to see this 40 year old destroyer. Birthday party for the ship complete with cake, ship tours, and a Navy Band, 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Charlestown Navy Yard...
...four-minute mile. Dixon is likely to have his final chance when he last dons a Crimson uniform for the Cambridge/Oxford meet in England 10 days from now. For Adam Dixon, an athlete who will be sorely missed, the mile record would just be icing on the cake...