Word: foundered
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...Nieman Foundation sponsors fellowships which enable 12 working journalists from the United States and 6 from overseas to study for a year in any part of Harvard University. The fellowships were established in 1938 by a bequest of Agnes Wahl Nieman, widow of the founder of The Milwaukee Journal...
...unhappy twist of fate, Melvin was shot to death by a policeman during the investigation of a breakin. Newark police call the shooting a tragic accident. Guardian Angel Founder Curtis Sliwa, 27, insists it was a "coldblooded killing." Contending that neither the police nor the local prosecutor could perform an impartial inquiry, Sliwa at week's end led his group on a march to Washington to demand federal intervention...
...blizzard worries Commencement officials, but sunshine breaks through and the temperature climbs into the low 40s for the ceremony. Actualy, ceremonies, since seniors A-M are graduated on the University Hall side of the Yard canyon. Honorary degrees are awarded to Albert "Dapper" O'Neill, Ed McMahon, Fred Jones (founder of S&H Green Stamps), Jack Webb ("crimefighter and character actor, he has contributed to the growth of UHF television"), and Timothy Leary ("ahead of his time, he has served the Supreme Court well this winter...
...decade. Horner has conducted several studies related to civil liberties, including two on working women. Robert Palmer, a Polaroid employee who helped develop that company's affirmative action program, also received an award at the presentation banquet last Sunday. The awards, established after the death last August of ACLU founder Roger N. Baldwin '04, will be presented every year...
...I.A.U.'s commission for documentation: "There is no chance of the registry's designations being recognized by the world astronomical community." Besides, Marsden points out, many of the stars are so faint that "buyers probably won't even able to find their star." But Registry Founder Downie insists that the astronomers are missing the point. Says he: 'When space travel becomes as common as snowmobiling, it's going to be a lot more fun to go to Elton John and turn left at Sophia Loren than to go up to old 22 mark...