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...days in the luxury of the Beverly Wilshire, being taken to lunch by Billy Wilder, joking with Pedro Almodóvar and his transgendered entourage, gate-crashing Spanish and Danish parties, not really minding that we were neglected by our own country. When it came time for our award, Jacqueline Bisset and Candice Bergen tripped and stuttered through the foreign names. As Jackie and Candy announced the winner in another miasma of mispronunciation, Sooni leaned across and said, "India is still...
...leader in the research of telomeres, part of the DNA in chromosomes which keep genetic information consistent, Blackburn has been recognized numerous times for her work. Her honors include the National Academy of Science’s Molecular Biology Award (1990), the California Scientist of the Year award (1999), the American Cancer Society Medal of Honor (2000), and the Dr. A.H. Heineken Prize for Medicine...
...Moses left his work on the philosophy of mathematics in order to develop a different way to teach algebra. He is responsible for influencing teaching methods that changed the way students learn higher math. In 2002 he received the James Bryant Conant Award of the Education Commission of the States and two years later won the McGraw-Hill Prize in Education...
...author of books such as “Michelangelo’s Last Paintings” (1975) and “The Sexuality of Christ in Renaissance Art and in Modern Oblivion” (1983), Steinberg became the first art historian to receive the Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters...
Lehrer teamed up with journalist Robert B.W. MacNeil to cover the U.S. Senate Watergate hearings in 1973. The duo anchored the hearings live on PBS for 47 days and subsequently scored an Emmy Award...