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...film starlet who has matured into a multitalented cinematic force--she won the Best Director award at the San Sebastián Film Festival in Spain last year--has grander ambitions than playing to type. "I want to show people that Chinese are just like everyone else," she says. "There's a myth that Eastern people are conservative and mysterious, but we sing and dance and feel the same emotions as anyone else...
...AWARDED. LEIGH ANN HESTER, 23, sergeant in the Kentucky National Guard; the Silver Star, making her the first woman to receive the honor since World War II; for her role in deterring insurgents and saving the lives of fellow soldiers during an ambush on a convoy in Iraq last March; in Washington. Hester, who received the award along with two men from her unit, plodded through enemy fire, killing at least three in an effort that resulted in the death of 26 or 27 insurgents and the capture of several more. "We're all soldiers, and we're all equal...
...Please don't recount this vote." AL GORE, former U.S. presidential candidate, adhering to the Webby Awards' five-word limit on acceptance speeches, after receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award for his role in the development of the Internet
...finished third on the team in points (five) and was the winner of the Seamus Malin Award bestowed by the team to the player who has shown love of the game and commitment to the University...
Each year the Harvard Student Agencies (HSA) gives a Non-Profit Enterprise Award, and this year’s honor went to Ezaria, a student start-up designed to connect artisans in developing countries with American consumers...