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...Smithsonian Institution succumbed to mounting criticism from Congress, veterans and historians and announced it would revise its planned exhibit commemorating the 50th anniversary next year of the atom-bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Originally focused narrowly on the bombings, which killed more than 200,000 Japanese, the exhibit will now cover Japan's aggression during World War II and factors that influenced the decision to drop the Bomb, including U.S. military leaders' belief that an invasion of the Japanese mainland would leave hundreds of thousands of dead on both sides...
Golf is another part of the Clinton cure. The President has said he wants to break 80 before his 50th birthday, and regular golfing partners say his liberal use of the mulligan -- the free shot given to duffers who botch a stroke -- probably makes that an attainable goal. The golf course is one of the few places where Clinton can quickly shut the presidency out of his mind. He does not tolerate shop talk on the links and has said he likes the game because he can play it slowly. When an aide approached him last year on a Vineyard...
President Clinton joined Allied leaders on the beaches of Normandy to commemorate the 50th anniversary of D-day. "Let us never forget, when they were young, these men saved the world," said the President in a largely well- received speech. "We are the children of your sacrifice...
Hoping to use the occasion to buff his foreign policy credentials, President Clinton headed off to Europe to participate in the 50th anniversary celebration of D-day and engage in summitry with leaders there. On his way to Normandy, the President met with the Pope at the Vatican, where Clinton stood his ground on abortion rights in the face of steely papal opposition...
According to an alumni survey of the Harvard class, 84 percent are married and only 19 percent have ever been married more than once. The median anniversary year of those still married is the 44th, and one tenth of the class members are celebrating their 50th anniversaries this year. Five percent more are celebrating more than 50 years of marriage...