Word: awarded
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...centuries distant from Broadway instead of merely 40 blocks away." But others called it "inspired," "a triumph," and "a dream of a musical." For six weeks, the show lived a word-of-mouth existence, until at last it caught on. Now, five months later, it has copped virtually every award the theater has to offer: five Tonys, the New York Drama Critics Circle prize and the Outer Circle Award...
Scarcely three weeks after the show opened at Broadway's Winter Garden, Angela Lansbury, 40, who had spent most of her career typecast as a termagant, came forward in Manhattan's Rainbow Room and accepted the American Theater Wing's Tony Award as the best musical actress of the season. "Up to now, I've always been such a good nominee," the whacky Mame wept happily. Some of the other winners: Richard Kiley, 44, judged the best musical actor for his Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha; Rosemary Harris, 38, best dramatic actress...
Besides being football captain and holder of five pass-catching records at the academy, Carpenter was battalion commander and winner of a special award for "inspirational personal courage and leadership in athletics." "Bill," said former Army Coach Earl ("Red") Blaik, "had the mentality for doing the unusual. His kind of leadership was the quiet type-action rather than words. He'd do something himself on the football field and that would inspire the others...
...Moviegoer, it seems, has a brilliant kid brother. Walker Percy's first novel, which won the National Book Award in 1962, tells the story of a likable young New Orleans stockbroker who escapes the meaninglessness of modern life by going to the movies. The Last Gentleman, his second novel, tells the story of a likable young Mississippian who escapes the meaninglessness of modern life by falling into fits of amnesia and daydreams. Like the earlier book, Gentleman recounts an anti-hero's battle against involvement. But it is sturdier in substance, more supple in style than The Moviegoer...
...Graduate School of Business Administration will award the most degrees after the College--666. The Law School will give 590; the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 578; the Ed School, 389; Medicine, 141; Design, 79; Public Health, 76; Public Administration, 48; Divinity, 38; and Dental Medicine...