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...make the announcement on July 3? Because I think that date more than anything set people off - right before the three-day weekend. People assume scandal. Yeah, that's amazing to me. That hit me like a ton of bricks there, this assumption that there must be something more to it than the altruistic, sincere and articulated reasons why I know that this is best for Alaska, that there was speculation that there must be scandal. July 3 is the eve of Independence Day. It is meaningful to be able to say, Look, there needs to be freedom...
...unscientific survey of the moviegoing public, conducted by people who wish to make money, parents facing a three-day weekend were found to be a particularly vulnerable subset. During the early weeks of summer, say, Fourth of July weekend, they are at their weakest. Labor Day is only a distant promise. It's hot. Typically, at least one member of the family is feeling fragile in regard to fireworks. Movies are a refuge, and this subset - one of considerable size - will take their children to see anything...
...regular lecture series and organizes field trips for the fellows to Florence and other Italian cities. An annual conference in the spring draws prominent Renaissance scholars from around the world. This October, in honor of the 50th anniversary of Berenson’s death, the villa will host a three-day symposium on the Berensons’ intellectual world with over a dozen different scholars delivering papers on Berenson’s life and legacy. Also in October, I Tatti will complete a major renovation of one wing of the library, and next spring, a new building will open with...
...supportive of her decision to marry Aggarwal. Although Kumar said she looks forward to the couple’s late December wedding, she admitted that with 1,000 expected guests from around the world, it will be quite “chaotic.” The wedding, a traditional three-day Hindu affair, will take place in Mumbai, where the bride’s family lives. Next year, Kumar and Aggarwal will live together in New Haven as Aggarwal continues his residency and Kumar, an economics concentrator, begins a job at the investment firm Bridgewater. The couple...
With the National Holiday Act of 1971, Congress moved Memorial Day from May 30 to the last Monday in May. But critics say guaranteeing that the holiday is part of a three-day weekend promotes relaxation instead of stressing the holiday's true meaning. In 1989, Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii introduced a bill to move the holiday back to the fixed date of May 30. He has reintroduced it in every Congress since then - with no success...