Word: medals
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Born in Chester, England, Brooks came to the United States when he was four and won his first swimming medal at 13 for coming in third in a three-man race. In 1930 he turned to coaching, and in 1936, 1948, and 1952 was head coach of the Bermuda Olympic team. He received three bronze medallions...
...professional honors of the evening go to Bobby Van, who dances like an Anglo-Saxon Zorba, and Helen Gallagher, the girl who plays his wife. As she acts and sings ("Where-Has-My-Hubby-Gone" Blues), a smolderingly authentic Fitzgerald heroine comes alive on the stage. A special medal should be struck for Patsy Kelly as a comic howitzer of a maid with hilarious delayed-fuse timing...
Petkevich was a member of the 1968 Olympic Team and the 1969 and 1970 World Teams. He was fifth in the Worlds in 1970 and is a favorite for a Gold Medal in the 1972 Olympics...
Barlow said that the recipients of the award were selected by the President after the President's Commission on the National Medal of Science makes a recommendation to the President "based on an individual's scientific excellence." He added that the commission is composed of scientists and others "who have excelled in all aspects of technology...
Yesterday, Jacobs could hardly conceal his delight at the furor his price cuts have caused. "We should be given a medal for giving the students a break," he said, "If someone wants to be a damn fool and rent a store with high overhead and all kinds of administrative costs, let him try. We're not here for philanthropy. We can make money at 3-2-1. We can make money at 21/2 cents a copy...