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Dionne's first book was published in 1991 and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Why Americans Hate Politics bemoans the petty squabbling that has, in Dionne's opinion, gotten in the way of solving real problems...
Jessica Tandy wins a Tony for her role in A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams' drama. Along with winning a Pulitzer Prize for best drama, Williams' play included Marlon Brando, whose performance caused Life to comment that his "deeply meant acting and oddly compelling way of speaking showed that he was an actor of real stature." Brando's sister, Jocelyn, also graced Broadway, starring in Mister Roberts. Other Tony winners include Paul Kelly for his role in Command Decision, Basil Rathbone for The Heiress and Judith Anderson for Medea...
...former Economics 1 professor who led Leverett for 16 years as senior tutor and then master, Gill has written books with Professors Nathan Glazer and Stephan Thernstrom, has sung with all Three Tenors and Beverly Sills, earned The Atlantic Monthly's short story prize and won a few boxing matches along the way. This all began not long after he entered Harvard College...
Placing second out of more than 100,000 students in a national American Legion Oratorical Contest in high school, Richard Gill came to Harvard in 1944 and led the Debate Council as its president, winning the College's Coolidge debate prize and delivering the Class Oration senior year...
...last 15 minutes but dragged on for 45, as Habibie gabbed nonstop to his polite Japanese guests. After the meeting, he bragged that the extended meeting showed his importance. His self-regard is displayed on the Internet, where he maintains a home page with an exhaustive resume listing every prize and award he has received in his career, every post he has held, even details of his heart surgery. Habibie, says the site, "is the idol and dream of all parents, who wish their offspring to become another Habibie...