Word: medal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Among Wilson's long lost of honors are the Pauling Award, the 1975 National Medal of Science and honorary degrees from Princeton, Columbia, Dickinson, the Universities of Bologna and Brussels...
...York City, she blended toughness with soft-voiced charm and a dash of flamboyance in her many public posts. Hoffman dramatized her role as a mediator during a 1930s New York City electricians' strike by donning hip boots and descending into a subway tunnel. Awarded the Medal of Freedom in 1945, the first female recipient, she devoted her time in later years to her own public relations firm and philanthropic organizations...
...hundred teams around the world are now competing for the 14 remaining slots in the Olympic soccer tournament. The United States as host of the Olympics, and Czechoslavakia, the 1980 Gold Medal winner, automatically receive tournament slots. The teams will be assigned to first-round sites by lottery...
DIED. Larry ("Buster") Crabbe, 75, former swimming champion and 1930s film star best known as the original Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers; in Scottsdale, Ariz. After winning a gold medal in the 1932 Olympics, he moved to Hollywood, eventually calling himself "King of the Serials" for his intrepid science-fiction roles. Crabbe later became a fitness and exercise advocate, swimming a steady two miles a day well into...
...down with your husband and thrash everything out... drawing up a list of household duties... This happened in thousands of households, with identical results: thousands of husbands agreed to clear the table. They cleared the table. They cleared the table and then looked around as if they deserved a medal. They cleared the table and then hoped they would never again be asked to do another thing. They cleared the table and hoped the whole thing would go away. And it did. The women's movement went away, and so, in many cases, did their wives. Their wives went...