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...this transitional period, it is possible to recognize the existence of two regimes under the principle of one China." At present, Japan's trade with the two is almost in balance: $822 million with Peking last year, $950 million with Taipei (whose population is only 14 million, or one-fiftieth that of the mainland...
...highlight of this fiftieth reunion, according to Lowell, will come this afternoon when the classmates and their wives hold a reception for President and Mrs. Pusey in Dunster House...
While this fiftieth is not as large as the last two-both the Class of 1919 and the Class of 1920 had more members to begin with-it is not lacking in aplomb...
HARVARD may have long since forgotten the Class of '21, but the Class of '21-or at least part of it-has not forgotten Harvard. These men are returning this week for a fiftieth reunion in Cambridge at a time when the future of America's oldest college is as uncertain and unsure as at any time in its history. They are revisiting a Harvard that has few recognizable similarities to the institution that awarded them diplomas half a century ago. But they are coming back-and that, well, must say something...
...could probably not picture your fiftieth reunion any better than we can now. Perhaps you could see the future a bit easier; at least there was no atom bomb then. Could you imagine the television cameras?... Which is all beside the point. Like the Class of '21, that of '71 has learned, if nothing else, that Harvard is bigger than all of us. If we can last, it will. Who knows? 2021 may sneak up on us without our even knowing it. If so, I hope my fiftieth reunion is held in a slightly more attractive building than Dunster House...