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Both Bloch and Corey said yesterday that their receipt of the medal marks a change in the nature of the award, which is usually given to scientists who have served the government in some capacity. Bloch and Corey described themselves as academicians who have never worked for the government and said they were surprised they received the award. Ramsey could not be reached for comment...
...There has been a change," Bloch said, referring to what he called the "shifting emphasis" away from giving the award only to those scientists who have served the government...
...women who are leading us into this new era of information and technology. You are the builders, the dreamers, the heroes," Reagan told the recipients of the award during a rose garden ceremony on Friday, according to the White House Office of Media Relations...
...kids love him. So does the rest of the school, which roars happily at the award ceremony. Then, running late, he makes a wild, 85-m.p.h. run to Concord to address the New Hampshire legislature. In Governor John Sununu's office, Bennett asks Senate President Bill Bartlett, "How long shall I do?" "Three minutes," says Bartlett, "plenty of time for some guy from Washington...
Lipsig takes his cases on a contingency-fee basis, meaning that he collects only if he wins. In that event, he typically garners a third of the final award, which can run into the millions. He claims to win 95% of his cases, a figure that is all the more impressive in view of his reputation for taking "impossible" cases. His trick is to combine meticulous research with show-biz instincts. In the 1940s he sued the concessionaire in a New York stadium on behalf of a man hit by a soda bottle thrown from the stands. The vendor argued...