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...their names in the hat, only 730 won the opportunity to purchase a pair of tickets to the October 11 black-tie event, according to computerized lists posted yesterday. Another 40 were awarded the chance to buy one ticket to what students are billing as the highlight of the week-long undergraduate celebration of Harvard's 350th birthday...
Only six of the 88 council members have had any input in planning the week-long celebration slated for October...
...youthful gathering was convened by Comunione e Liberazione (Communion and Liberation), a feisty, some say combative, Roman Catholic student movement founded 31 years ago in Italy as a Christian response to the growing allure of Marxism and other atheistic philosophies. Rimini is the site of C.L.'s annual week-long festival, called simply the Meeting, and this year's theme, information, is announced in a typically offbeat title: "Drums, Bytes, Messages...
Botha's outburst was directed at British Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe, even though his government has been a holdout against the use of sanctions. Howe was winding up a futile week-long attempt to open a dialogue with the key players in South Africa's racial conflict. Despite his good intentions, he had been rudely rebuffed by both sides. As Howe was leaving Pretoria, Botha held his bitter press conference. He dismissed all such mediating efforts as "direct interference in our internal affairs" and part of "this hysterical outcry of certain Western countries against South Africa...
This will not be part of the ritz and glitz surrounding the University's 350th. This will be an intimate celebration for about 6400 students. It is the College's version of the 350th anniversary. And throughout the week-long festival, the gala celebrants will be treated to educational symposia, house dinners with alumni and concerts...