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...Hasty Pudding Club was founded "to cultivate the social affections and cherish the feelings of friendship and patriotism, being the first of duties and sublimest of enjoyments." The club began holding mock trials of its members in the early 19th century, and switched over to burlesque when advocacy got boring. The first show, Bombastes Furioso, opened...
...dilemma for the leaders seems to be this: Should they execute Mao's widow, or impose the death penalty but not carry it out? Peking sources say that powerful Vice Chairman Deng Xiaoping fears that executing Jiang Qing would not only deeply offend those Chinese who still cherish the memory of Mao but would also turn her into a martyr. Deng, however, has apparently not convinced members of the Politburo, as well as other party leaders who suffered at Jiang's hands during the Cultural Revolution, that executing her would do more harm than good. "There are different...
...planned molybdenum mine. "It will diversify the economy and give jobs to people who really want to work." But this same growth begets among other Westerners a fear that they may be witnessing not only the ravaging of their landscapes but also the destruction of values that they cherish: the unhurried pace of traditional Western life, the neighborly feeling of the small towns and above all the sense of individual independence. "There's a way of life disappearing," says Orson Rollins, 69, a retired rancher who now operates a service station in Craig, Colo. "We never used to lock...
...Carter is moving up in Washington and Oregon, once considered leaning to Reagan, the Republicans cherish rising hopes that they will carry some states in Carter's Southern bastion - Mississippi, South Carolina, maybe Louisiana...
...best memories was when I was fortunate enough to be a member of the 1968 Cambridge Rindge and Latin basketball team that went to the semifinals of the Tech Tourney, and lost a heart-stopper to Boston English in the final 20 seconds. I will always cherish the experience of competing on Boston Garden's famous checkered floor and the many good friendships I developed and good spirit that was generated at that time." --Kevin Crane, '73 city councilor...