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...protesters linked hands to mark the 50th anniversary of the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact of 1939, which included secret protocols that cleared the way for the annexation of the Baltics by the U.S.S.R. during World War II. In a sharply worded declaration, a coalition of popular-front leaders denounced the Soviet occupation and demanded the right to "restore independent statehood." The day before, a special commission of the Lithuanian parliament had declared that the U.S.S.R.'s annexation of the republic in 1940 was invalid, flatly contradicting Moscow's denial that the protocols had any bearing on absorption...
...course, such a scenario would derail if the Baltic republics decided instead to uncouple totally from the Soviet train. Emotions are running particularly high this month because of the 50th anniversary of the Molotov- Ribbentrop pact, the treaty signed by the Foreign Ministers of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union that opened the way for Moscow's occupation of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in 1940. In downtown Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, a group of young hunger strikers has set up a makeshift shelter decorated with placards calling for liquidation of the Nazi-Soviet pact. HOW LONG WILL...
From breakfast at the residential houses to an evening with the Boston Pops to the Alumni Procession at Commencement, members of the 25th, 35th and 50th reunions will encounter a packed schedule of events that could tire them out for days to come...
...explain that the housing is Spartan," said Tonia H. Simon '91, co-coordinator of the 50th reunion, "but sometimes they don't realize that Spartan isn't just without track lighting...
...good sides, however. Tonight the class of '64 will enjoy a night alone with the Boston Pops. The alums will not only have Symphony Hall to themselves, but Storrow Dr. will also be closed so Harvard buses can travel in tandem to the event. And when members of the 50th reunion hear the Pops on Tuesday, some will find a familiar face in conductor Leonard Bernstein...