Word: medal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Duarte of Paraguay is incandescent. He runs every step of his 300-meter heat with a crooked, skipping swing of his legs, and twice, on nothing but determination, manages to pass the runner ahead of him. But in the end he is last, the ninth of nine. Only eight medals and awards have been prepared. The officials do not know what to do. Eunice Kennedy Shriver does, however. She hotfoots it down from the stands, gives Duarte a second hug and decrees that he get a medal for extraordinary heroism. She is entitled to such expansiveness. She and her husband...
...became a founding editorial-board member of William F. Buckley's National Review; in Kent, Conn. The Chicago-born Burnham won renown for books (The Struggle for the World, The Coming Defeat of Communism) that warned of an inevitable U.S.-Soviet confrontation. In 1983 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom...
...Perlmutter, 64, national director of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith since 1979; of lung cancer; in New York City. Born of Polish immigrant parents, Perlmutter originally joined the A.D.L. in 1949 to handle civil rights operations in Denver. Last month he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, by Ronald Reagan, who cited "his life work to champion human dignity...
Freedman received the college charter, the silver Flude Medal--to be worn on special occasions and the historic Wheelock Bowl, a large silver bowl first given the school by the royal governor of New Hampshire, Baker said...
...State Department and other Government agencies for recognizing the problem so late. Schlesinger admitted that U.S. experts still did not fully understand how the eavesdropping system worked, but he credited unnamed U.S. technicians with inventing a new detection device that enabled them to assess the damage. They "deserve a medal," said Schlesinger, whose suggestions conflict with a Senate proposal calling for the replacement of the compromised chancery with a new structure built from scratch. Though the House has not yet voted on the proposal, many Senators remained skeptical toward the Schlesinger plan. Labeling it a "half measure," South Carolina Democrat...