Word: medals
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Westheimer is a recipient of the 1986 National Medal of Science...
...world champion has likened the International Olympic Committee to the Mafia. And last week, as he announced his refusal to participate, he told the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, "There is a lot about these Games that is not my cup of tea." He added, "The thought of an Olympic gold medal has never tempted me." His boycott is a blow to the legitimacy of Olympic snowboarding. Says Todd Richards, America's No. 1 boarder: "I'll feel cheated out of the best competition...
...Presidential Medal of Freedom is awarded by the president to individuals who have made exceptional contributions to national security interests, worlds peace or other significant public and private endeavors...
After speaking a conference on the homeless on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., Coles said he will attend "a two hour shinding" at the White House with the 14 other Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients...
Past recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom include former Senator Bob Dole, former surgeon general C. Everett Coop, A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., public service professor of jurisprudence at the Kennedy School of Government, Eugene Lang, founder and chair of the "I Have a Dream" Foundation and Joan Ganz Cooney, the creator of "Sesame Street...