Word: majoring
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...where Western specialists could check the veracity of the Chronicle reports, they have proved to be accurate. That only makes the newsletter's prediction about Stalin seem more significant. Issue No. 10, which has just begun to circulate in Russia, reports that the Soviet leaders are planning a major campaign to "rehabilitate" Stalin on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of his birth next Dec. 21. Major articles in Pravda and Izvestia are in preparation, together with a four-volume edition of his works. Posters and a statue are also being made ready for the event...
...Washington Post Co.'s holdings relatively small (one newspaper, one news magazine, three TV stations, two radio stations), they are in highly competitive situations. The newspaper, as Owner Kay Graham was quick to point out, publishes in one of the three U.S. cities left with three major dailies under separate ownership. (New York and Chicago are the others.) And the magazine, Newsweek, hardly lacks for vigorous competition...
Inside, a two-story structure will house seven major exhibits built around images of America past and present. The largest area will be devoted to U.S. accomplishment in space exploration, including a full-scale simulation of the Sea of Tranquility landing site of the Apollo 11 moon shot. American life on earth will be covered by a series of exhibits of architecture, folk art, and a review of the realistic tradition in U.S. painting, from Gilbert Stuart to Andrew Wyeth. A mixed-media sports exhibit will include memorabilia of baseball's greats. The U.S. avant-garde will be represented...
...remained a generous benefactor till his death in September at the age of 76. In his will Tannahill made his personal choices public by giving his favorite museum a last and most munificent gift: his multimillion-dollar private collection, including a life-size Renoir nude, seven Cezanne oils, five major Picassos and an important collection of African sculpture...
...doubt that the immediate cause is damage to cells in a little-known part of the brain. Because of this damage, the victims of parkinsonism suffer from many symptoms that become progressively more severe and disabling: an involuntary tremor or pill-rolling movement of the fingers, rigidity of major limb muscles, hasty gait, slurred speech and difficulty in moving and turning. A parkinsonian patient falls frequently, and he develops a forward-leaning posture to protect him against toppling over backward...