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Nothing was to be too grand for Texas' 150th birthday, not even a visit from the Prince of Wales. And so there stood Charles last week, biting into his first taco, cutting a slice from a 90,000-lb. sesquicentennial birthday cake and receiving an 18-inch ceremonial gavel from the state legislature. The gavel, he said, was "the biggest I've ever had, which is entirely appropriate because it comes from Texas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Texas: King-Size Welcome | 3/3/1986 | See Source »

Nothing's final yet, but the university has hired a well-known Boston consultant to plan a day-long river fest along Memorial Drive--complete with a laser light show projected on misty water, veritable barges of floating musicians, and maybe even a birthday cake, courtesy of local hotels...

Author: By Thomas J. Winslow, | Title: Put Substance Over Style | 2/27/1986 | See Source »

Even when Harvard does try to do something constructive for Cambridge, it's usually more of the same old let-them-eat-cake mentality coming out of The Big H. This time around, it's 350th birthday cake...

Author: By Thomas J. Winslow, | Title: Put Substance Over Style | 2/27/1986 | See Source »

Things clicked for Ford in his junior year when he won the mile in the Eastern Intercollegiate Seaboard Conference meet and placed second in the 500. "Our team won for the seventh consecutive year," Ford said. "It was the icing on the cake...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Down Under Kid With a Gould-en Past | 2/20/1986 | See Source »

...that could lead to higher taxes, ! seemed the thing furthest from the President's mind, and he said so to Senate Republicans who came by the White House on Wednesday. He also emphasized his opposition to taxes as he made the rounds of Washington the next day, accepting cakes and congratulations on his 75th birthday. When presented with a cake at a gathering of political appointees, he joked about the wish he had made when Nancy had given him a cake earlier. "I blew out every candle, so there will be no tax increase this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Back to the Future, Again | 2/17/1986 | See Source »

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