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...Nearly everyone at the event knew that the real reason for the fete was not to honor Stone's award from his hometown film festival, but to help launch Paramount's bid to snag Oscar nominations for his recent 9/11 movie World Trade Center. And to launch Hollywood's annual effort to get around Academy rules that try to limit the increasingly aggressive studio campaigns for Oscars...
...vacancy, the Fletcher University professorship will be filled by Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr., Interim President Derek Bok announced yesterday.Gates joins a prestigious group of 20 other faculty who are University professors.“It’s without a doubt the greatest honor I’ve ever received, and I’m deeply humbled by President Bok’s generosity,” said Gates, who directs the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Research.“This is a great day for Harvard...
...should hold on to their position. Otherwise we are going to have matriarchy." MIKHAIL GORBACHEV, ex-Soviet President, at the Women's World Awards, which honor women who further gender equality...
...brought back memories of my experiences in World War II. I was awarded a Silver Star, but I'm fortunate to have survived for 83 years without having to pay as dearly as Weisskopf has. If he were in uniform, he would have been decorated with the Medal of Honor. Since so many reporters are losing lives or limbs, there should be a special decoration for their bravery. Of course, a medal can't replace the loss of a limb, but it can be a way for the American people to give recognition to reporters who have acted with valor...
...percent from 2002 to 2005, representing 600,000 more students dedicating their time to civic engagement. Some colleges—Elon University, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, and California State University, Monterey Bay—will receive the first President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll awards for exemplary civic contributions. Others will receive awards for their hurricane relief efforts...