Word: prizes
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...with Saddam Hussein, she is now tempted, it seems, to enter areas of advocacy that are politically taboo in the Arab world, such as democracy and human rights. Most dear to her is the new King Hussein Foundation, which seeks to promote debate and will perhaps offer a humanitarian prize. The work, in a way, would be an extension of Hussein's drive to modernize the Arab world. Noor says she doesn't feel it's a mission she'll face alone. "On a spiritual level," she explains, "I feel we are still making the journey together...
Several weeks ago, when it was still possible to make a snowman, salmon-colored fliers began appearing around the Pit, announcing "The First Annual Daryl Janes Snowman Competition: Grand Prize $100," and went on to list an elaborate set of rules and regulations governing submissions. FM sent a reporter to meet the illustrious Mr. Janes in his "apartment cum studio" above JFK Street and discover the soft underbelly of the secret world that is snow-art philanthropy...
...idea that people pass by who don't have a pen. With a competition, you have to do a bit more than just put up posters, Perhaps I should have gotten coverage in the Globe, or Crimson. Maybe I'll do that next year and increase the prize money. For some of these students, $100 is like lunch money. It's really more of an honorarium. I'd like to get a sponsor--one of the banks, or one of the industries. Like anything, like General Mills or something. As the contest grows, maybe we could raise...
Menchu received the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts in support of indigenous peoples' rights...
Fernando Montenegro, Central Station: Montenegro's performance is not unlike Susan Sarandon's winning performance a few years ago in Dead Man Walking-devoid of vanity, but completely absorbing. Too bad she doesn't have a shot in hell. She's foreign (the nomination is her prize), and the movie is too small. She'll be quashed...