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DIED. FERNANDO BUJONES, 50, the greatest U.S.-born ballet dancer of his generation; of skin cancer; in Miami. In 1974 the 19-year-old son of Cuban immigrants became the first American male to win a gold medal at the International Ballet Competition. But Mikhail Baryshnikov's defection from the Soviet Union quickly overshadowed Bujones' feat--and the pair's later clashes at the American Ballet Theatre led Baryshnikov, who became the group's artistic director, to fire Bujones in 1985. A sought-after guest artist, he danced with 60 companies in 33 countries, partnering with Gelsey Kirkland, Natalia Makarova...
...prime movie farces, from the near wordless The Bellboy to the daft poignancy of The Nutty Professor (in a dual role as both himself and Dean), he bent the medium as smartly as he distorted his own body. This 10-film set deserves a Légion d'Honneur medal, or at least your grateful patronage...
...throughout his career, including chairman of the Space Science Board of the National Academy of Sciences. In this position he helped NASA develop its direction of space exploration, which is still largely in place today. Throughout his life, Cameron earned multiple awards such as the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal in 1983 and the J. Lawrence Smith Medal from the National Academy of Sciences in 1988. Less than a week before his death, Cameron was awarded the Hans A. Bethe Prize from the Divison of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical society for his “pioneering work?...
...depends on whether we win the gold medal or not,” Ruggiero says. “When we won in 1998, it revitalized the sport in the U.S. with the NCAA and everything. Then, after Canada won in 2002, the sport blossomed there...
...each individual person to change society for the better,” said McCarthy. “It does not require a social movement to create social change.” The nation recognized Park’s contribution to society in 1996 when she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, an award to outstanding civilians, and in 1999 when she received the Congressional Gold Medal, the nation’s highest civilian honor. Her hometown of Detroit, Mich. also named a street in her honor. “I think she’ll be remembered in many ways...