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...rift, which developed by the early 1960s, resulted from "a lack of dialogue between higher and lower education," said Robert Hochstein, director of communications for the Carnegie Foundation. The foundation sponsors a blue-ribbon panel on public education, which includes Bok and other university presidents...
...fifth annual Kennedy Center Honors gala had the sort of black-tie, stretch-limo elegance that faintly evoked eras past, when the honorees hit their professional strides. Receiving this year's ribbon and gold-plated medallions was an illustrious quintet of long-lived achievers: Director-Writer-Producer George Abbott, 95; Actress Lillian Gish, 86; Bandleader Benny Goodman, 73; Dancer-Choreographer Gene Kelly, 70; and Conductor Eugene Ormandy, 83. Top-banana stripes went to First Trouper Ronald Reagan, 71. Warmly addressing each of the honorees, he came to Abbott, who is currently reviving his 1936 Broadway show On Your Toes...
...take the 400 Herberich had led the race from the very start, followed by Harvard freshman Chris Alderidge, and Robinson But, when they rounded the last bend. Robinson put on a burst of speed and overtook Alderidge and caught up to Herberich, thrusting out his chest to break the ribbon first...
Coca-Cola and Blue Ribbon...
Pabst is gradually pushing the price of its Blue Ribbon brand back up again in an effort to restore its status as a premium beer. For now, though, the company's hopes for stronger sales rest chiefly with its own new entrant into the low-cal sweepstakes, Jacob Best Premium Light, and its popular West Coast superpremium brand, Henry Weinhard Private Reserve...