Word: awarded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Stars for the operation, and a few weeks later was recommended for the U.S. Medal of Honor for his part in the defense of the Salian River. But the recommendation was never filed with Washington, and Marcos failed in becoming the only Filipino to win America's highest military award...
...state-law remedy for invasion of privacy. LIFE ran a photo review of the 1955 play The Desperate Hours, noting its apparent parallels to an incident involving the real-life Hill family, whose home had been invaded by escaped convicts. Citing inaccuracies, Hill won a $30,000 New York award under a privacy law that may sometimes make even honestly erring news reports actionable if the subject did not consent to the story and the publisher's "sole" aim was to boost circulation. Al though the case was argued last term, with Lawyer Richard Nixon appearing for Hill...
...does the hall. Designed by the Texas firm of Caudill Rowlett Scott, architects for Harvard's Roy Edward Larsen Hall (TIME, Jan. 21) and the A.I.A. Award-winning Brazos County Courthouse in Texas, it stands foursquare with the city grid on the exterior, turns curvy inside to encompass a seashell-shaped auditorium. Says William Caudill: "There were 61 people involved with the job and they worked 13¾ man-years." To make sure that the acoustics would prove a ringing success, the ceiling is composed of 870 acoustical "lenses" that can be raised or lowered to tune the hall...
...50th film, Torn Curtain, had its World Premier in Boston, Massachusetts. Hitchcock attended that premiere and, on the afternoon of the same day, he came to Harvard to receive an honorary membership in the Harvard Dramatic Club. These quotes come from a short question-answer period held at the award presentation, and from an exclusive interview held afterward at 4 p.m. in the Radcliffe Graduate Center...
...Robinson, 31. Last week Robinson was leading the league in hitting (.316), home runs (49) and runs batted in (120), bade fair to become the first player since Mickey Mantle in 1956 to win batting's Triple Crown-and was practically a cinch for the Most Valuable Player Award. All the Orioles gave up in exchange for Robinson was Pitcher Milt Pappas (1966 record: 10 wins, 11 losses) and a second-string outfielder...