Word: awarded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...award was also a tribute to the international sway of rock 'n' roll, which is now as international as sex, the U.N. and Jewish cooking. Billed as Britain's Shirley Temple at the age of nine, when the BBC had her singing to the tommies overseas, Petula (pronounced Peh-tyou-la) was doing reasonably well, until at 25 she hiply hopped across the Channel to record two songs in France. When the first was a big hit, she settled down, married a French recording executive, bore two children and became a smash...
...Switzerland. At her home base, Paris, where the tousled blonde is possessively known as "La Petulante Petula," she has collected the Grand Prix du Disque (just like Edith Piaf and Yves Montand before her), and earlier this year got the Bravos du Music Hall, France's annual award to the female show-business success of the year...
...always when they follow Harry on one of his walks, the TV types got all the words they wanted. The ex-President was in town to receive an award from Freedom House, an organization that promotes international cooperation, and he was in a talkative mood. The brisk stride is gone now, and he moves slowly and stiffly, but Truman at 80 still manages to stage one of the more remarkable of modern press conferences...
Under the terms of the award, the money cannot be used until Harvard matches the grant from other sources. In addition to expanding the number of annual fellowships, the grant will enable the University to increase substantially the fellows' weekly stipends...
Abramson, the team captain, was honored with the Hal Ulen Award, the varsity's highest honer, and sophomore breast stroker Bob Corris received a trophy as the highest point total scored during the season...