Word: raines
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rumble of tanks. Last week, as the four-month-old civilian government of Premier Phan Huy Quat turned power back to the military, the only signs of crisis were the gleaming limousines of the generals and a slight increase in the number of marines patrolling Saigon's rain-wet streets. Even when the turnover was finally effected, little had changed on the surface; both Quat and his antagonist, Chief of State Phan Khac Suu, remained in office as "caretakers" for the generals...
...crowd of 15,000 is expected to attend the traditional ceremony; the weather should be fair and cool, preserving the tradition that rain never falls on a Harvard Commencement...
Yesterday the 25th reunion activities got off to a very wet start. While nearly everyone showed up for the announced "Salem Historic Tour" despite the rain, the spirit of many of the day's planned features--including a tour of the North Shore Gardens--was dampened by the weather. According to one of the undergraduates who helped with activities at the Essex Country Club, "the rain ruined everything, everyone stayed...
Radcliffe Commencement exercises will take place tomorrow in Radcliffe Yard, weather permitting, or in Sanders Theatre in case of rain. President Bunting will be the speaker at the ceremony which will begin...
This year's Harvard team, however, isn't the same as the one last year's reunion class saw hammer out a 3-2 win over the Bulldogs in a game called after six innings on account of rain. That team won 21 games, lost two and tied one, and went undefeated in Eastern League play, for Harvard's best baseball record in 80 years...