Word: awarders
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Composer Jean (Finlandia) Sibelius, 87, great bald eagle of symphonic music, was named winner of the first international Wihuri Foundation music award (after Millionaire Finnish Shipowner Antti Wihuri) for "promoting the spiritual and economic work of humanity." The $21,250 prize money, added to the generous lifetime annuity he gets from a grateful Finland, should keep him puffing his beloved cigars till the end of his days...
That is what the award said, presented by the Emory University Town & Country School to the Egypt Methodist Church, which won out over 1,329 competing churches in 13 states. Until last year, Egypt Methodist had only 14 members. They had no building of their own, but met with the Baptists (membership 43) and listened to Baptist preachers. Then the Methodists got two more members. Galvanized by this shot in the arm, they set out to get a preacher of their own and a church...
Egypt Methodist won its $1,000 award on the basis of five standards which were applied to all competing churches: ministerial leadership, progress in the past year, effective use of its resources, community cooperation, evidence of "world concern." But it was all summed up in the judges' words: "Because they did more with less." They expect to go on doing more. "Winning this prize has set a high standard for us to live up to," says Pastor Hathorn...
...year containing such hit, such hits as The Happy Time, Guys and Dolls, Call Me Madam, The Member of the Wedding and The Cocktail Party. But Shirley's Lola had a haunting effect on playgoers that lasted beyond the fall of the final curtain. Shirley captured every acting award in sight (New York Drama Critics' Circle, Antoinette Perry, Newspaper Guild, Donaldson, Barter). In the movie version of Sheba, she broke all precedents by winning the coveted Academy Award Oscar on her very first Hollywood try. The judges at this year's Cannes International Film Festival wrapped...
When Shirley was given the Academy Award as the best film actress of the year, there was scarcely a dissenting voice. She went to Manhattan's International Theater wearing a blush-pink Valentina dress, specially cut so there would be no danger of her tripping on the steps to the stage. With millions watching on television, Shirley tripped anyway. But she managed to make it look likably human...