Word: offing
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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On the street, near Filene's, neon Christmas lights blink on and off, radios, record players, jukeboxes sound seasonal music--from "Santa Baby" and "The Yuletide Olde Lang Syne," to "White Christmas" to "Silent Night." Nearby, on the Common, some elm trees pretend they are pine. They have been used...
At least once before Christmas the Salvation Army travels on a bus to the Long Island Hospital, about 40 miles outside of Boston. The hospital is an aging parched place; many of its patients appear no younger. Unable to pay for expensive presents, the Salvation Army distributes baskets of fruit...
When the first plans for 20th Century were being drafted conflicting ideas of the program's purpose emerged. reaction to Yale's "Challenge" programs last year, many the 20th Century Week planners wanted to sponsor an sensive series of small seminars that would attempt to fine "the United States' Image...
Early this fall, as plans for the program began to jell, prevailing notion of 20th Century Week laid emphasis the former program, a closely knit series of seminars discussing the impact of U.S. foreign policy and principles economic aid on people in foreign countries--particularly the underdeveloped areas of the...
Since the program was aimed at a small number of people--ideally no more than 20 or 30 per seminar--little thought was given to obtaining "big name" speakers for evening panel discussions. Most of the students involved in planning the program considered these discussions of less importance than the...