Word: guests
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...veteran of TV's talkfests is leaving the lists. This week, after 23 years, Merv Griffin, 61, broadcasts his / 5,520th and final show. "It's tough to say good-bye," said the genial, gee- whiz Griffin, as he taped a farewell evening of nostalgia about his 25,000 guest interviews. "But I felt it's better to leave when you're on top." Well, not quite. The show is on only 40 stations, down from 100. But don't feel too bad. Merv recently sold his production company, which owns Wheel of Fortune and other shows, for a reported...
Harvard spared no effort to ensure the safe passage of Charles, Prince of Wales, off campus yesterday, closing a three-block stretch of Mass. Ave., lining it with 60 policemen, and assembling a 20-vehicle security motorcade for the royal guest's minute-long drive up Quincy...
...party the Big H threw for itself back in 1986. That was the one where the best and brightest gathered together to watch a massive fireworks show, which climaxed in a pyrotechnic emblazonement of John Hancock's signature. Back then, the display was large enough for the celebration's guest of honor, Britain's Prince Charles, to read without his spectacles. Atmospheric conditions permitting Saturday night, our brethren at the Lunar Extension School will be able to see former University President Timothy Leary's signature without a telescope...
...longstanding offer to attend the 350th, citing scheduling difficulties. His staff announced the decision this March after Harvard, which has lobbied vigorously against the education-related policies of the president since he took office in 1980, chose not to award an honorary degree to Reagan or any other invited guest...
Although the 49 students chosen to have afternoon tea with Charles, Prince of Wales, will have only about 30 seconds to discuss their common interest with Harvard's royal guest, some of those not invited to the meeting are complaining that the selection process was unfair...