Word: awarded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Technically, all the H holders of the classes of 1944 and '45 are eligible for the captaincy, but if the procedure follows tradition, one of the Juniors concerned will get the award...
...milled into lightweight, water-resistant fluff suitable for stuffing and padding-and expected to work satisfactorily in life jackets. The discovery of this homely substitute is credited to Dr. Charles Frederick Burgess, thinker-tinker president of Burgess Battery Co., 1942 winner of the Acheson Medal, electrochemistry's highest award...
Last week the Navy announced its first award of the newest U.S. medal, the Legion of Merit, to Chief Nurse Anna Bernatitus for "courageous and outstanding performance of duty during the Manila-Bataan campaign, December 1941 to April 1942." The week before, President Roosevelt had awarded the Legion of Merit to an ally, Brigadier General Amaro Scares Bittencourt, onetime Brazilian military attache in Washington...
...ceremony will consist of simple graduation exercises with the award of Senior prizes, conferring of degrees and a baccalaureate address by President Seymour...
Ginger Rogers throws her size, hairdo, and makeup about quite indiscriminately in her latest movie success, "The Major and the Minor." It is her really major coming-out since her Academy Award, and although the plot will prevent any such reward this time, her acting and a set of fast-moving lines even tops her earlier performances...