Word: holidaying
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...week shorter than normal for this fall’s incoming first-year class, the result of an effort by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) to minimize the year’s conflict between the academic calendar and the Jewish New Year’s holiday of Rosh Hashanah...
According to Gregory E. Atkinson, the department administrator of the FAS registrar’s office, the change to the start of the academic year was made so that Rosh Hashanah would not occur during the first several days of the term. This year the holiday starts at sundown on Sept. 17 and ends at sundown on Sept...
While some of shopping period still does fall during the holiday, Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 said that this calendar—while not a great solution—was the best that could be devised to minimize the conflict...
Getting ready for a vacation can be so hectic. It certainly was for George W. Bush last week. While Laura Bush left the White House early to get the ranch in Crawford, Texas, ready for a month-long holiday (one of the longest in presidential history), the President rushed through some last-minute errands. He didn't have to worry about canceling the papers or stopping the mail. He did have to resuscitate his education plan, persuade lawmakers to vote for his industry-friendly energy proposals and get his preferred version of HMO reform through the House...
...star on valve trombone ever since his glory days with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Brookmeyer also plays piano on the side--and it's more than just a hobby. On Holiday, his first all-piano album since 1959, he serves up five standards, six strong originals and a blues, performed in a blunt, bracing style full of sharp corners and spicy chords and often startlingly reminiscent of his no-nonsense horn playing. What took him so long? You don't need to be a full-time pianist to revel in the part-time playing of this switch-hitting jazz master...