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...after Teresa died--she was writhing in pain from an abdominal tumor at a home run by the Missionaries of Charity. "There was no way any doctor would have operated on me at that hour," she says. "So the nuns just started praying and kept a Mother Teresa medallion on my stomach. The pain subsided, and the tumor vanished." Episcopal Bishop Salvatore Lobo, head of a team that will deliver 35,000 pages of Teresa's good deeds to the Vatican, says, "This miracle meets the requirements. It is organic, permanent, immediate and intercessionary in nature." A second miracle...
...travelers, I was a member of half a dozen different airline-loyalty programs, including Delta Air Lines, whose frequent-flyer plan I joined in 1988. Then, in 1995, owing more to convenient flight schedules than to a determined strategy, I flew enough miles to qualify for Delta's Silver Medallion status (the lowest of three tiers of Medallion status, each with its own perks). I always thought those elite programs were for moguls, not mere mortals like me. But I quickly learned to appreciate the perks: free upgrades to business class, no blackout dates when you use your accumulated miles...
...officials, Matapari remarks, “What struck me most during the visit of these ambassadors of the Man-Always-Proven-Right-by-History was Uncle Boula Boula’s activism. He never told me he was a Party member, and yet, presto, there he was with a medallion in his buttonhole…It was only then that I understood how modest my Uncle Boula Boula had been, since he had concealed from me all these things he was now telling this high government official, for example, the fact that he had done serious university studies...
...festivities kicked off on Mar. 23 at the Lampoon Castle with drinks and introductions. Participants in the anniversary events each received a medallion, but younger members opted against sporting the gaudy gold souvenirs...
...Wilhelm Roentgen collected 150,800 Swedish kronor (about $15,420 today) for the discovery of X rays. This year's prizes, given for what will almost certainly be more obscure achievements, will total more than $920,000 each. And that's not counting the market value of the gold medallion or the expenses-paid trip to Stockholm. After the ceremony, formerly impecunious researchers will find themselves awash in funding, showered with speaking gigs and offered their pick of jobs. Their opinions will be solicited on every subject under the sun, including matters light-years from their area of expertise...