Word: medal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...importance of the award went far beyond the $192,000 in cash or the gold medal emblazoned with an image of the award's founder, 19th century Inventor Alfred Nobel, that the winner will receive in Oslo on Dec. 10. Walesa's selection boosted the sagging morale of a movement that has been crippled since General Wojciech Jaruzelski imposed martial law in December 1981. For Poland's government, it was a stinging reminder that the world had not forgotten the ideals behind Solidarity's struggle...
...roofs hung from a central mast and with outer walls of glass. He sought to give the design to the American Institute of Architects, which haughtily rejected all such "peas-in-the-pod-like reproducible designs." Years later the institute gave Fuller, who never formally studied architecture, a gold medal for his contributions to the field. In the early 1930s he produced the three-wheeled Dymaxion automobile, which attained 120-m.p.h. speeds using a standard 90-h.p. engine. The car was never manufactured commercially. After that, he invented the Dymaxion map, the first to show continents on a flat surface...
Next, he is eyeing a quadruple crown. After all, Jesse Owens took four firsts in Berlin. At the U.S.-East Germany dual meet in Los Angeles last Saturday, Lewis ran the anchor leg in the winning 4x100 meter relay. It was a promising start toward a fourth gold medal and still another reason why some call him the world's greatest athlete. "It's something I cherish," he says of the accolade. "I've worked hard for it. I mean, nothing was just given...
...Vintners, now the state's fourth biggest winery. Associated is noted for its bone dry '80 Gewürztraminer and, in an area best suited to cool-climate white varietals, a robust '78 Pinot Noir. Hinzerling Vineyards, owned by Mike and Jerry Wallace, won a silver medal last year with its '78 Cabernet Sauvignon...
...National team. In addition, varsity stroke Andy Sudduth is training at Dartmouth with Coach Harry Parker for the U.S. National team, preparing to race in a foursome at the World Championships to be held in West Germany in late August. Sudduth, who already has a bronze and a silver medal from previous World Championships, will take next year off from Harvard to train for the 1984 Olympics...