Word: sisterly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Gwynne-Timothy said that he and his sister, Diane, independently made the decision to apply for the Rhodes. "There was no reason at all to think we would both make it to the finals," he says...
...last brother-sister team to win Rhodes Scholarships? Benjamin B. Sherwood '85-86 and Elizabeth D. Sherwood '81, both of Eliot House and Beverly Hills, California...
...name, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, hardly evokes the poetic resonance of the Golden Gate Bridge, its famous sister across the water to the west. And even though the Bay Bridge is six months older and, at 8 1/4 miles, almost four times as long as its glamorous relative, the span received only small change to celebrate its 50th birthday: $70,000, vs. a projected $6 million to be lavished on the Golden Gate next May. Still, the connection between the San Francisco peninsula and the East Bay, crossed by 250,000 autos a day, helped transform once distant...
...level span. Said John Kergel, 79, who worked on the project that took three years and 29 lives: "It was the Depression, guys would do anything for a job. We took a lot of chances. But it paid off." As for comparisons between the gray lady and her golden sister, one official said, "They're both beautiful bridges. What's important is that during the Great Depression people had the vision and gumption to build them...
There is now vague talk of a "Wisconsin solution." Nicaraguan Vice President Sergio Ramirez may travel this week to Wisconsin, which has been Nicaragua's sister state since the early '60s and happens to be Hasenfus' home state as well. The hope is that some sisterly arrangement can be worked out so that Hasenfus will be back in Wisconsin for Christmas...