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...first came this summer at the Parapan American Games in Rio, for which she was selected captain of the women’s swimming contingent. Kolbe’s four medals helped her team surpass its 54-medal goal and, fittingly, her silver medal in the 100-meter freestyle marked the team’s 54th...
...widely covered in the media in 1957, speaking at the Institute of Politics last night during a ceremony to honor her work in the past half century. W.E.B DuBois professor of the Humanities Henry Louis “Skip” Gates presented Brown-Trickey with the W.E.B. Dubois Medal for continuing to advocate for minority groups after being expelled from Little Rock Central. During the event, HBO screened a documentary examining the lives of today’s Little Rock Central students, asking the question how far the nation has progressed since the 1957. Brown-Trickey said little progress...
...biblical and literary references and themes of good and evil--Dad is saved with the one gift Dark Thing lacks, the power of love--Wrinkle was seen by some as anti-Christian and was often banned. (The spiritual author called it "great publicity.") Wrinkle, which won the 1963 Newbery Medal, has sold more than 8 million copies. L'Engle...
...record against all rugby-playing nations, many of which have never beaten them. Yet the first Cup, of 1987, is the only one they have won. They're the rugby equivalent of Sergei Bubka, the Ukrainian pole vaulter who broke 35 vaulting world records but won only one Olympic medal...
...This is someone who was, very clearly on his own merits, the best choice.” Prior to becoming an assistant coach, Tillman played four years in the National Lacrosse League. He was commissioned into the Navy as a fleet support officer, where he won the Navy Achievement Medal. “It is tough to move on from Annapolis, but after meeting with the people at Harvard it quickly became evident that the prospect of being its next head coach for men’s lacrosse was something I could not pass by,” Tillman said...