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Since it started in 1992, the program has won national acclaim, winning a grant from the National Commission of Youth Service Corps...
Hamilton was known throughout her career as a pioneer in the study of occupational diseases. In 1911, her report on the use of lead in industry gained her acclaim as a scholar...
Brown won acclaim for her portrayal of Wilde,the brilliant playwright, essayist, and novelistwhose life she captured in her adaptation ofMichael MacLiammoir's play this past fall. Withstage props consisting of whiskey, cigarettes, anda callalily, Brown created an atmosphere that ,according to a review in the Independent, servedas "the perfect platform...
...Still, acclaim for Reed and his Coalition is far from universal, even within the Republican Party. Senator Arlen Specter launched his campaign for President with a broadside against Reed and his alleged "intolerance." Congresswoman Marge Roukema, a moderate Republican from New Jersey, said flatly, "Ralph Reed and the Christian Coalition will create a lot of trouble for the Republican Party." And, in fact, if Reed succeeds too well at moving the party in his direction, he stands to alienate the middle-of-the-roaders, whose votes, while notably absent in Republican primaries, tend to decide general elections...
...NICKELL AND BART EVERSON, A couple of goofy, twentysomething guys from Bloomington, Indiana, are sick of small fame. For three years their satirical public-access TV show has played to critical acclaim in the greater Bloomington area, but it has never attracted the kind of national attention that would capture a slot on network TV. Though local sponsors chip in enough to keep Everson clothed, housed and fed, Nickell still has to support himself as a waiter. So the pair set their sights beyond broadcast TV, beyond cable TV, to the computer networks. Last week, as their 85th episode, Global...