Word: lincolnization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...been tortured, maligned by cowards masquerading as doves. Even worse, he has to face the sickening fact that only 1.7% of those deferred for college have enough love of country to volunteer. Every President who fought our wars has been swept into office. Start with Andrew Jackson, then Lincoln, then peace-at-any-price Wilson, who changed his mind and fought, and F.D.R. and the classic example of Harry Truman...
Closed since the night of April 14, 1865, when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated as he sat watching Our American Cousin, Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C., has now been restored at a cost of $2,700,000-and reopened as the permanent home of the National Repertory Theater. Opening night proper will not take place until Lincoln's birthday, but last week a large cast of dignitaries turned out for the dedication ceremonies. Said North Dakota's Senator Milton Young, who worked for 19 years to get the necessary restoration appropriation from Congress: "For those who revere...
...than at their previous schools, and Pacific High graduates have done well on college board exams, a big aid in university admission since the school is not accredited. "If you are insecure, you will really fall apart here," says Betsy Hammer, 16, who quit San Jose's big Lincoln High School, now finds that she actually works harder and enjoys it more. Tom Pillsbury, 16, who was twice suspended from Ignacio Valley High for long hair, is now absorbed in Pacific's touring drama group, which has had its share of troubles. At one Palo Alto performance...
Richard Rodney Bennett, arrived in Manhattan last week with a resounding bang. Within 24 hours the crack Opera Theater at the Juilliard School gave Bennett's The Mines of Sulphur its American premiere and at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Leonard Bernstein led the New York Philharmonic in his Symphony No. 2, which the orchestra had commissioned for its 125th anniversary year. Cinemagoers could also sample Bennett's style in his background score for Far from the Madding Crowd...
...period, trading will end at 2 p.m., 90 minutes earlier than usual, at the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange and in the over-the-counter market of unlisted issues. Most regional exchanges have adopted similarly shortened hours. The markets also decided to close for trading on Lincoln's Birthday, Feb. 12, to give back-office workers an extra day to whittle down the logjam...