Word: prizes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...need that desire to create something," said fellow panelist Walter Gilbert, co-founder and former chief executive of Biogen Inc.; professor of molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard, and a Nobel Prize winner. "It takes a lot of arrogance to create a company...
...wake of the suicide of the author and journalist J. Anthony Lukas '54, David Halberstam '55--the prize-winning journalist--last night spoke about his friend and colleague's life and work...
This June, after completing his final book, Big Trouble, Lukas, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner, committed suicide...
...slogan, the winner--"Croatia, Paradise on Earth"--seemed suspiciously weak. Turns out the author was the wife of Minister of Tourism Niko Bulic, who had entered the contest under her maiden name, Dubravka Petricic. Since the scandal broke, Bulic has resigned and promised to give the prize money to charity. As for a slogan, it appears that they're sticking to the "Paradise on Earth" thing. After all, the previous slogan was "Croatia--A Small Country for a Big Holiday." Maybe she really did win on merit...
...more than 500 patents include the bar-code scanning technology used by stores and factories around the world; of liver cancer; in Los Angeles. He spent years in legal battles with corporations over his patents, won millions in settlements, and used the money to endow a $500,000 annual prize for inventors...