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...week-long visit to Harvard results in increased donations once alumni return home, say University finance officers. "The reunion has tremendous value" in reminding graduates of Harvard's programs and problems, which results in "residual benefits that run deeply for a long time past the event itself," says Reardon...
...down, there is often a spoonful of sweetener (not sugar, naturally). After the hike, instructors produce jugs of water, paper cups, sliced oranges and, finally, wet washcloths to wipe sticky fingers. As a refresher after bathhouse treatments, guests find cellophane-packaged blue toothbrushes--toothpaste already applied. Many find the week-long stay a real mind emptier. Returning home to Steamboat Springs, Colo., says Noel Hefty, 38, "I got off the plane, got in my car and couldn't remember how to drive...
Stung by the Western reporting, the Soviet media launched a week-long counterattack. Each limited disclosure about Chernobyl was followed by a shrill TASS account of nuclear problems in the U.S. and Europe. On Wednesday the Soviets went further. In a three-minute news brief carried on all three Moscow channels, an announcer lashed out at the foreign coverage. Said he: "Some news agencies in the West are spreading rumors that thousands of people allegedly perished during the accident at the atomic power station. It has already been reported that in reality two people died and only 197 were hospitalized...
...Prince Andrew had to wait until his mother returned from a trip to Australia and New Zealand. By the time Buckingham Palace released the expected announcement on the Queen's stationery last week, a crowd had gathered outside the gates. Meanwhile, Fleet Street was in a tizzy of breathless speculation that began in January after "Fergie" was invited by the Queen to a week-long New Year's house party at Sandringham...
Only hours before the electrifying events at Camp Aguinaldo, U.S. Special Envoy Habib boarded a U.S. Air Force plane to fly back to Washington after his week-long visit. President Reagan had dispatched the diplomatic troubleshooter to Manila to find some way of resolving the country's electoral crisis just as the National Assembly was formally declaring Marcos President. Habib is expected to make a report to Reagan early this week...