Word: gladding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...reunion week approaches, Harvard officials are pleased to note that 95.5 per cent said they were glad they were alumni. The fundraising goal for the 25th reunion is $1.6 million, for which an average contribution of $2300 from every living alumnus is needed. Yale's class of 1954 currently holds the record for any single class at any college with $1,636,000 donated. (1636 is the year of Harvard's founding and some officials suggested that Yale might have fudged the total a little to gall its ancient rival.) The Harvard Class of '54 had more than $1.3 million...
...first time my work has ever been publicly honored." Jack Lemmon, who won Best Actor for his portrayal of a troubled nuclear engineer in James Bridges' The China Syndrome, was just as enthusiastic: "This is my first visit to Cannes, and I'm certainly glad I came...
...figure is expected to be about 50,000 by the end of the year, compared with 30,000 in 1978 and 16,700 in 1977. Moreover, bureaucratic hassling of Soviet Jews who apply for exit visas has declined dramatically. It may be that the Soviets now would simply be glad to get rid of the problem. By letting some dissidents leave, U.S. officials suggest, the Soviets can eliminate them as focal points for unrest. Similar reasoning may have helped persuade the Kremlin to permit freer emigration by Jews. Said Adam Ulam, a Russian expert at Harvard: "From the Soviet point...
...glad that the season ended on a good note, for those guys that will be leaving," Scalise said, surveying his team's 10-4 record...
Residents will be glad to hear that the Quad's face-lift went well. The sod is beginning to take root, and fences barring traffic across the newly sodded lawns will soon be removed...