Word: medal
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...involve their Vice Presidents in the decision-making processes. But quite often the responsibilities are simply chores that the President wishes to avoid. Nixon wants Agnew on the political line, giving them heil. He also wants Agnew to handle such ceremonial chores as Boy Scout awards, embassy breakfasts and Medal of Honor presentations...
...indicates strongly that the Beatles may be trying to single him out for something. LaBour also mentioned the fact that, in the inside photo of the album, McCartney is wearing, on his left sleeve, a patch reading "O.P.D.," which means "Officially Pronounced Dead," and, on his left breast, a medal awarded to dead British Army heroes. It happens, however, that the "O.P.D." could just as easily be "O.P.P." ("Ontario Provincial Police") and that George is wearing the same Army medal as Paul...
...entered. But it was not only in sports that Babe Zaharias strove to excel. While in school, she had to make a dress in sewing class and determined it should be the best. Her dress was the winner of the State Fair of Texas. She also won a gold medal in school for the best speed in typing...
...Nixon was very much the impresario. He gestured like a would-be conductor to The Stars and Stripes Forever, escorted Armstrong and then Collins around the floor between courses, stood to lead applause for the band during The Marines' Hymn, beamed paternally as he awarded the astronauts the Medal of Freedom.* Delightedly he announced that it was "the highest privilege I could have" to offer a concluding toast to Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins. The President seemed relaxed and already refreshed from his first few days of vacation in nearby San Clemente at his new Western White House...
...Medal of Freedom, the highest U.S. civilian award, was created in 1945 as a wartime decoration and revived by John Kennedy in 1963 as an American counterpart to the Queen's list of Birthday Honors in Britain. In the Nixon Administration, the only other recipient has been Duke Ellington...