Word: award
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Hochman said she and her twin sister, Yale senior Dalia Y. Hochman, who also won the award, applied "as a joke...
...thought the novelty of a Harvard-Yale twin pair helped her win the award...
...thus engaged in consumer fraud, federal lawyers will invoke the federal civil racketeering statute and ask for $25 billion to recoup taxpayer dollars spent to cover smoking-related health-care costs for veterans, military personnel, federal employees and the elderly through Medicare payments. Although under the law an award could be triple that if the feds can get a jury to see things their way, even $75 billion seems suspiciously like small potatoes compared to the $240 billion settlement the states got and the $500 billion-plus proposal that John McCain wanted...
DIED. JIM ("CATFISH") HUNTER, 53, Hall of Fame pitcher; of Lou Gehrig's disease; in Hertford, N.C. During his 15-year career with the Oakland A's and the New York Yankees, Hunter won five World Series, pitched a perfect game, won a Cy Young Award and became the first multimillion-dollar player when he declared free agency in 1974. "He taught us how to win," said his onetime boss George Steinbrenner...
...students--Valentin Dinu and Abraham Tsoukaldis--were suspended just nine days before Commencement, after the administrative board concluded that the students had stolen money from Harvard Student Agencies (HSA), according to court documents. They are seeking an injunction that would force the College to award the diplomas...