Word: sixtieth
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sand's last political passion was anti-clericalism. Once again--in her sixtieth year--she became "the political clarion of a rising generation," Barry writes. One of her plays, Villemer, denouncing the clergy's political influence that might one day explode "in a vast plot against social and individual freedom" created an uproar in Paris. Literally thousands of students, Barry claims, mobbed the theatre and "escorted her home to the cries of 'Long live George Sand! Down with the clericalists!'" Several students even attempted to unhitch the horses from her carriage to pull it themselves...
...been through the last two days. A Centennial which I might add I think from what people have said to me has meant more in an institutional way than any Harvard Reunion or office party every could. But the story goes that when The Crimson was celebrating its sixtieth anniversary in 1933, FDR who had been president of the paper in 1904, was being inaugurated--much the same problem we had when Casper Weinberg '38, couldn't be here tonight--was invited to attend the festivities by hopeful editors who were throwing a dinner. They awaited his response...
...have so little energy that they will not penetrate a sheet of heavy notepaper; thus they will not harm a patient. The French put 150 mg. (about one two-hundredth of an ounce) of Pu-238 into a capsule of platinum and tantalum. The Americans put 500 mg. (one-sixtieth of an ounce) in their capsule. In both devices, the patient is sufficiently shielded from the heat of the radioactive source by its plastic container. That heat is directed to a thermocouple that generates 200 milliwatts of electricity. This powers a tiny generator that sends an impulse to the heart...
...conservationists have declared open season on Gina Lollobrigida. They protest that one of her maxicoats must have used the pelts of ten wild tigers, and that there are only 600 members of the endangered species left. In other words, as an expert put it, "One woman is wearing one-sixtieth of the world's tiger population." Then a final word: "The right place for a wild animal's coat is on a wild animal's back." Said Gina: "I didn't kill anything. They were already dead." ··· The crowds at Courchevel...