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...rains? Rain will likely destroy the entire celebration. Whereas Harvard usually sets up alternative sites for other gala events, like Commencement, the University has set up no contingency plans for the events in case of bad weather...
...been conceived as a joyous occasion, a chance to let U.S. pride soar. The six surviving original Mercury astronauts would be reunited at a gala Los Angeles dinner, and workers at the Kennedy Space Center would gather for a ceremony. At both events, speakers would celebrate the 25th anniversary of American manned space flight and chronicle the quarter-century of achievements since Alan Shepard's historic suborbital flight on May 5, 1961. After Challenger's seven crew members perished on Jan. 28, plans for a more somber observance continued; a reminder of past successes might restore NASA's morale...
...This gives the people who can't make it to the Caribbean a taste of the life style," said Brian J. Stevens '88, who chah-chahed on his crutches at the gala...
Massachusetts Democrats packed the adjoining Imperial and Plaza ballrooms at Boston's Park Plaza Hotel, feasting on steak dinners and batting red, white, and blue balloons across the hall. Tickets for the gala event ranged from...
...Johnny Mathis and Liberace, who broke box- office records last year by filling the 6,000-seat auditorium for 21 performances. At the same time, Evans has turned the Music Hall into an entertainment conglomerate that sponsors concerts elsewhere, produces plays and TV specials, and stages sales meetings and gala product introductions for major corporations...