Word: ribbons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...would be less than accurate to say that you'll never meet Derek Bok during your four years here. But you'll probably see him as frequently as you would any owner of a large and busy business. If you really want to, you can see him at the ribbon-cutting Opening Exercises, at some Freshman Week reception at the Fogg, and at a dinner or two in your upperclass House. He'll also be at Commencement, four years down the road, to wish you his best and welcome you into "the company of learned men and women." While...
...their control by the end of the year, thereby testing the Sandinista government's ability to survive. In the past few weeks, however, the contras' advance has been reversed. With the help of 3,000 fresh troops, the Sandinistas have driven the F.D.N. back to a narrow ribbon of bases along the Honduran border...
...Jimmy Stewart, 75, was in the right place last week when his boyhood town of Indiana, Pa. (pop. 16,000), threw a three-day birthday party in his honor. To celebrate the return of its leading man, Indiana poured on the Americana, with parades, air shows, harness races and ribbon cuttings. The high point of the festivities came when city elders unveiled a 9-ft. statue of its favorite son. Drawled the still gangly, 6-ft. 2½in. Stewart: "This is sort of where I made up my mind about things, about hard work and the value...
...people on Sicily's east coast have always lived uneasily in the shadow of Mount Etna, which has erupted 22 times in the past 75 years. Two months ago, Europe's tallest active volcano (10,700 ft.) awoke once again. Down its south face surged a molten ribbon of lava that destroyed a dozen buildings and more than 370 acres of fields and forests, causing millions of dollars' worth of damage...
...until the hundredth anniversary of Kleist's death, on November 21, 1911, that the family overcame its sense of shame over this 'useless member of society, unworthy of any sympathy.' On that occasion they laid a wreath on his grave. The inscription on the ribbon read: 'To the best of his line...