Word: awarded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...this knockdown performance he was rewarded with the outstanding meet performer award, along with Northeastern's Ron Chambers...
There is not set standard for election to the Academy, and the award recognizes important contributions to scientific research...
...there is an award for maiming or killing your assailant: the Courageous Citizens Award offered by the Federation of Greater New York Rifle and Pistol Clubs. The first three intended recipients-New York merchants who had killed three bandits -declined their commemorative plaques and $200 prizes. The federation's president, Gerald Preiser, tried to donate the money to the city's Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, but it too refused. Last week a New York janitor who wounded his assailant became the award's first winner. "I protect my life," he said, as the flashbulbs popped...
...degree this year. He finally found it: a polite no. Hesburgh was disappointed-but he had already landed his friend Jimmy Carter as the commencement speaker. The graduation ceremony will be a deliberate show of support for Carter on human rights, one of Hesburgh's passions. Hesburgh will award degrees to Bishop Donal Lament, who was ousted from Rhodesia; Stephen Cardinal Kim, who has fought against government repression in South Korea; and Paul Cardinal Arnes, who has spoken out against human rights violations in Brazil...
Birth Revealed. To Steveland Morris, 26, blind Grammy Award-winning singer, lyricist and composer known as Stevie Wonder (For Once in My Life, Superstition); and Yolanda Simmons, his companion for four years; their second child, first boy; on April 16; in Manhattan. Name: Keita Sawandi...