Word: prizes
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...named Rebecca L. Berner '90 of Winthrop House and John R. Smith '90 of Leverett House as the winners of the prize, which is awarded to second semester juniors "for their thoughtful, imaginative, and dedicated leadership within the College and unusual contribution to House life," according to a HAA press release. HAA began the grant last year in memory of David Aloian, former HAA executive director and one-time master of Quincy House...
Recipients of the scholarship are nominated by house masters and senior tutors, and are awarded a monetary grant based on the size of the awardee's financial aid packet. The prize stipulates that the money be used towards their tuition...
...even carbon dioxide, which many scientists fear is warming the globe in a greenhouse effect. A fusion plant would give off much less radiation than do conventional nuclear-power generators. And it would essentially run on seawater. Any scientist who managed to harness fusion would be guaranteed a Nobel Prize for Physics (and probably Peace as well), untold riches from licensing the process and a place in history alongside Einstein and slightly above Edison. Any scientist who confirmed the claim would get part of the resulting avalanche of research dollars, and anyone who shot it down would gain acclaim within...
...news for parking-lot jockeys dreaming about taking the new Vette for a joyride is that the car comes equipped with a so-called valet key feature. When the driver switches it on before leaving his prize in an attendant's hands, half the engine's valves shut down. That turns one mean machine into a pussycat...
...Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights has a surreal and oxymoronic ring. Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi, better known as a patron of terrorism than a benefactor of humanitarian causes, has unaccountably set up a Swiss foundation to bestow an annual award on a Third World figure in the forefront of "liberation struggles." Last week Nelson Mandela, the jailed black South African leader, was named the first recipient of the prize and the $250,000 that goes with...