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...celebrations were not confined to glitter, flowers and bang. In honor of the day, the government granted amnesty to 4,811 convicted criminals, dropped charges against 1,927 persons awaiting trial. It took out life-insurance policies for every Coronation Day baby born in the province of Gilan, the Empress' birthplace. And in ceremonies in villages and towns, it inaugurated over 6,700 new schools, hospitals and development projects. Most of them were rushed to completion to meet the Coronation Day deadline. Some were paid for by private citizens anxious to show their appreciation for what the Shah...
...prestige of endowed chairs, normally named for the donor or someone he wishes to honor, often helps a university land top scholars. The glitter of endowment helped hold Sociologist David Riesman at Harvard as the Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences...
...visitor to West Germany might logically assume that cheery, beery Munich, with its renowned art galleries and swinging student quarter, or perhaps the hothouse glitter of West Berlin, might offer the most congenial milieu for artists. Hardly anyone would think of busy Düsseldorf, a conglomeration of shimmering steel-and-glass office buildings on the Rhine that epitomizes the commercial hubbub of the Wirtschaftswunder. Nonetheless, the lion's share of West Germany's most adventurous artists today find in Düsseldorf just the setting they need. Says Munich's grand old man of art, onetime...
...government and private enterprise to sit down with the community to help solve the problem that residents want solved. The prospects: massive housing rehabilitation, more jobs, more hospitals, more parks, and more local autonomy in overseeing city services from schools to sanitation. Some enthusiasts have the neighborhood beginning to glitter and smile inside of five years...
...through Broadway's annual Tony awards, which, since their inception in 1947, have been staged with all the glitter and glamour of a church supper. "Broadway deserves better," Cohen decided, and seven months ago he bought the rights to produce this year's awards show, then wooed American Airlines into sponsoring the event on network TV. Last week the new Tony-poised, polished, brimming with talent-arrived at Manhattan's Shubert Theater and, in one swinging sweep, made Emmy and Oscar look merely like tired vaudevillians...