Word: awards
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John, the jury didn't award you a single cent of the $50 million you sought. Juror Herbert Lawson of Quincy said the 12 members jokingly considered voting to award you just 25 cents so you could go buy The Globe but rejected that "because of the law and the dignity of the court." They decided not to give you even a single penny...
Diversity is indeed Moore's hallmark. The Anthropology professor's resume would turn Margaret Mead green with envy. Moore has received more than 15 academic awards, including a Guggenheim fellowship, an award for innovative teaching and another commendation for creative scholarship and research...
...years since he was elected Governor of Alaska, Bill Sheffield has been involved in four federal or state investigations into the handling of his campaign funds. Last week in a new inquiry, a 15-member state grand jury looking into the award of a $9.1 million state office-leasing contract recommended that a special session of the Alaska legislature be convened to consider impeaching the Democratic Governor. Said the grand jury's 69-page report: "The Sheffield administration has not best served the interests of the public and is unfit to fulfill the inherent duties of public office...
...qualified for his subject. He was the creator and host of the 1981 eight-part PBS series The Shock of the New: The Life and Death of Modern Art, and its forthcoming sequel, American Visions. In addition, he is a two-time winner of the prestigious Frank Jewett Mather Award for distinction in art criticism...
...recent brouhaha has erupted over whether Reagan will receive an honorary degree if he speaks at the 350th anniversary, but President Bok has said that the University has not yet decided whether it will award honoraries at that time. In the past the University has not awarded honoraries to all presidential guests at anniversary celebrations. At Harvard's three-day celebration of its 300th birthday in 1936, the University awarded $2 honorary degrees...