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Long supported by public figures like former President Jimmy Carter, Fuller was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1996 by Bill Clinton for his commitment to giving people a decent place to live. As Fuller once said, "There are sufficient resources in the world for the needs of everybody but not enough for the greed of even a significant minority...
...will remain in its new home, he gave a nod to worthy challengers. “It’s Kirkland House,” he said. “But they’re a distant second.” Even if they do wind up the silver-medal recipients, Kirkland House residents find comfort outside of the IM championship. “I’d rather get second place every year and live in Kirkland House than ever live in Winthrop House,” said Kirkland HoCo secretary Kelly N. Bodwin...
...senior Maria Larsson posting undefeated afternoons. But no one was more exciting to watch than freshman Caroline Vloka. The heart of the sabre team, the rookie lost only one bout—to Rebecca Ward of Duke, the number one ranked fencer in the world, who won a bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics. Vloka had been up 4-2 in the bout before succumbing to a questionable final touch to lose 5-4. The men got quite a bit of help from their ever-steady walk-ons against the Maccabees, including sophomores Wes Talcott and Nick Culbertson...
...Conn., in the shadow of Yale, and grew up in Philadelphia not far from the University of Pennsylvania. Not only did he become, at 28, one of the youngest tenured professors in Harvard history, but a decade later he also went on to win the prestigious John Bates Clark Medal, given to the best American economist under the age of 40. Both his critics and his fans admit he is usually the quickest thinker in even the most rarefied rooms, with a family pedigree that includes two uncles who separately won Nobels for economic science. "All of us are deeply...
...Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, in 1999 for his work in Northern Ireland...