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...colorful celebration of national pride, the Sandinista government of Nicaragua last week commemorated the 50th anniversary of the assassination of its martyred hero, Augusto César Sandino. Brigades of young cotton and coffee pickers poured in from the countryside to the capital city of Managua, filling the main plaza with placards and rhythmic hand clapping. They were performing for themselves and for scores of foreign observers, invited by the Marxist-oriented leaders to witness the announcement that democratic elections would be held...
Outside of the Ivies, it is not unusual for some schools to house thousands of students in cooperatives. At the University of California at Berkeley, for example, the co-op lifestyle is flourishing, according to Craig Reynolds, a spokesman for the University Students' Cooperative Association, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year...
...other major pre-show event will be the dress rehearsal on February 21, called "Strawberry Night" for unknown reasons. The dress rehearsal performance is given annually for Hasty Pudding Club alumni. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the 1934 Pudding production of Hades the Ladies, which was directed by Alistair Cooke of Masterpiece Theater fame, so during intermission on Strawberry Night, Cooke and members of the cast of 1934 will perform some numbers and dances from their show...
Question: How does the richest man in America celebrate his 50th birthday? Answer: Very differently from you and me. Specifically, Gordon Peter Getty, son of the late oil magnate J. Paul, who is estimated to be worth over $2.2 billion, flew "some friends," as he put it, from San Francisco to New York last week for an advance bash (he actually passes the half-century mark next week. The highlight of the three-day fling was an evening at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, where Mezzo Soprano Mignon Dunn performed the New York City premiere of Amateur Composer...
...Orange Bowl's 50th renewal, Miami, the game's original loser, was a sentimental but not a financial favorite. Committeemen estimate that $10 million could be lost in tourist trade. So no one paved the way for Miami (10-1), which had a hard road after losing its opener to Florida, 28-3. The Hurricanes are coached by Howard Schnellenberger, a former pro assistant of Don Shula's and head coach for the Baltimore Colts. Having immediately lost his star quarterback this year to injury, Schnellenberger had to choose quickly from three freshmen and selected Bernie Kosar...