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...champions who do stay with students appreciate the personal treatment they receive. “It’s so much better than a hotel,” raves Tanith Belbin, who, with her pairs partner Benjamin Agosto, won a silver medal at the U.S. Nationals this year...
That done, the members can look forward to their next important gathering: on Dec. 9, the night before Carter receives his medal from King Harald, he will dine with the committee at the Grand Hotel. The Little Dinner, as it's called, is a chance "for a face-to-face, heart-to-heart talk," says St?lsett. "The laureate knows he has our respect - so it's fun." The most memorable Little Dinner was in 1994, when Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin broke bread together. They talked "like old friends," recalls Lundestad, "about Jerusalem, block by block, who lived...
...puts a face on what we’re here for. You actually get to see the individual children that we’re helping,” said Tanith Belbin, who skated with partner Benjamin Agosto. The pair earned a gold medal in the 2002 World Junior Championship...
Annenberg also enjoyed close ties to U.S. presidents from Dwight D. Eisenhower onward. In 1969, Richard Nixon named Annenberg ambassador to the United Kingdom. Ronald and Nancy Reagan used to frequent his California estate. In 1986, Annenberg was awarded the Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor...
DIED. BOB HAYES, 59, Olympic gold-medal sprinter and Dallas Cowboys receiver; of complications from prostate cancer; in Jacksonville, Fla. Hayes tied the world record in the 100 meters in 1964 and later took his speed to the NFL. He finished his career with 71touchdowns--and a Super Bowl ring...