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They wanted to create a company that would provide a stage for deaf actors, directors and designers in the theater world—and the federal government was eager to bestow money on such a project...
...dining hall staff as more than just a worker. After throwing a reception in her honor, they discovered that their beloved Marina Gerolimatas is not just a friendly face around the House but also an amazing artist. Some of her paintings now hang in the Memorial Dining Room and bestow beauty and grace to a small dining annex that would otherwise have remained unadorned...
...right to petition the American people. West is a great scholar and a credit to Harvard. It would be hypocritical of Harvard to denounce an academic who holds the distinguished title of University Professor as “unscholarly.” Would Harvard bestow such rank upon an educator who is undeserving? If so, what does that say about Harvard...
...characters are lively and engaging--each actor (especially Wood as Frodo and McKellen as the wizard Gandalf) magically fitting his role--and because the production team put such skill and joy into designing a movie Middle Earth. The landscapes, a cunning mixture of computer images and real New Zealand, bestow a distinct and beguiling personality on each realm...
...tall princess doesn't have a name yet. (Emperor Akihito will bestow one this weekend.) But even before the Emperor sent his new grandchild a traditional sword, before the little princess had her first bath in a sacred cedar tub, and before she was outfitted with a hakama, or ceremonial skirt, the expectations for her were high. An economist estimated her birth could generate more than $1 billion worth of consumer spending, including grannies showering gifts on their grandkids. Doctors have predicted a mini baby boom, as parenting-resistant youth, who have given Japan one of the lowest birth rates...