Word: award
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Oscar existed for attempted extermination of a presidential candidate, your "Romney Goes to War" [Jan. 5], should receive top award. Granted that George Romney is not a shrewd, accomplished politician-but that may be to his advantage. Many of us in Michigan respect him as a sincere Governor with integrity whose outstanding performance in rescuing our state from financial chaos is a matter of record...
...Harvard scientists will be among the 12 recipients of the National Medal of Science for 1967. The medal, awarded annually since 1959, is the government's highest award for outstanding achievement in mathematics, science, and engineering...
...Between January and November 1966, Marcus and Attorney Herbert Itkin, 41, a close friend and business associate, conferred a number of times with Tony Ducks and Bakery Union Official Daniel J. Motto, 57, who has close connections with politicians and the Mafia. These two men apparently advised Marcus to award the "emergency" reservoir-cleaning contract to S. T. Grand, and both served as negotiators with Grand. The kickback-5% of the total contract fee-was divided as follows: Marcus, $16,000; Itkin, Motto and Corallo, $8,000 each. Grand President Fried got the contract-payment enough. Corallo also got what...
Down to Eight. Graffman's first major achievement came in 1949, when he won the Leventritt Award. It was an important step up, but it did not bring instant success. The next few years were spent doing the town-to-town Community Concert circuit. In 1964, he refused to play before a segregated audience in Jackson, Miss., and that temporarily knocked the props from under his career: the following season he was able to pull down a mere eight bookings. This season, Graffman's schedule calls for 100 appearances. "That's too many by 25," he says...
...Jews. He is a patsy for just about any call for a benefit performance or public function-a dinner for an old friend, a White House invitation, a sports-award shindig. Sometimes, when a benefit fails to raise its quota, Bob will write a personal check for the difference. Though he gets $20,000 to $25,000 for a college date, he always turns the check back to the college scholarship fund...