Word: grovers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...disgraceful necessity" and intimated that he might stay away. It reminds me of the quandary when President Jackson was given an honorary degree. John Quincy Adams, of the class of 1787, called it a disgrace. I am at a loss. Perhaps my only hope is that Reagan will emulate Grover Cleveland, who at the 250th anniversary declined an honorary doctorate, saying that he was unworthy...
...Kennedy 13th, in the middle of the "above average" category. Those considered great: Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson. Near great: Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Andrew Jackson, Harry Truman. Above average: John Adams, Lyndon Johnson, James K. Polk, John Kennedy, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Grover Cleveland...
...said Barry, 9, holding out a potato chip to a furry blue creature named Grover. The creature gulped the chip, then gave the delighted boy a hug. Barry was meeting the stars of Sesame Street before their live show at Nassau Coliseum. Born retarded, he had lived in a residential treatment center since he was six, following the death of both parents. Until he shone on Thursday's Child, a weekly news feature conducted by Anchorwoman Michele Marsh on New York's WCBS-TV, he seemed destined to stay there. But five months after his appearance...
...gets out of a taxi in a provincial town and leaves behind the scent of Arpege; the dubbed television version of The Winning Team, starring Doris Day and Ronald Reagan, in which the now U.S. President exclaims in accented English, "Play ball!" The 1952 movie is about the pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander, and the game is hardball. - By R.Z. Sheppard
...Stack-Up," though not as intense an experience as "Treading," is certainly not anti-climactic. Choreographed to music by Earth, Wind and Fire. Two Tons of Fun, Fearless Four, Alphonze Mouson and Grover Washington Jr., this jazzy piece features an ensemble of sixteen dancers discoing their hips to flashy music in flashy colors. Different gangs are quartered off--the punks, the sleazies, and the cools. The dancing here is the main event; the groups are unified internally, and the dancers shift styles with ease as the music alternates between disco and saxophone-blues. Throughout the shifts, there is a constant...