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Dates: during 1980-1989
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According to Nan Vogt, Co-Master of Kirkland House, the Secret Santa tradition was an invention of Linda Riordan '79, who proposed the idea to the Kirkland House Committee during her sophomore year. Riordan's idea spread quickly to the other Houses and the Yard as a means of expressing holiday spirit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Secret Santas | 12/14/1981 | See Source »

...that, National Wildlife Federation Toxicologist George Manring retorted: "People may not drop dead from eating one bird. But endrin accumulates over several seasons and from different sources."It also remains in the soil for months and sometimes for years, a fact that led state Health Director John Dry-nan to wonder: "Will endrin end up in our ground water supplies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Bad News for the Birds | 10/5/1981 | See Source »

...this is particularly odd because, unlike many writers who make the talk-show circuit, Talese is an old pro. He earned his reputation with cleanly written magazine articles and The Kingdom and the Power, a bestselling dissection of the New York Times. His wife Nan Talese, a highly respected senior editor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Decline of Editing | 9/1/1980 | See Source »

Coupled with the recent addition of Nan F. Nixon, director of government relations, the University now has a staff of four full-time employees devoted to Harvard's lobbying efforts in Washington...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Public Relations Expert Hired For Government Affairs Work | 8/5/1980 | See Source »

...topped by a milk chocolate model of Christ the King. Blowing out the single candle, John Paul ordered the cake distributed to orphans. He sipped boiling-hot tea and listened delightedly to an Italian choir boom out a traditional Polish birthday song, "Sto lat lat, niechaj zyje nan [100 years, 100 years, stay with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 2, 1980 | 6/2/1980 | See Source »

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