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...It’s certainly one of the greatest honors of my career, and it makes me proud to be representing the University,” Gates said of his award...
DIED. DICK SCHAAP, 67, witty, award-winning sports journalist and host of TV and radio shows, including ESPN's The Sports Reporters; after hip-replacement surgery; in New York City. In his five-decade career, Schaap befriended countless celebrities, covered sports and sometimes culture for Newsweek, nbc, abc and espn, and won six Emmys. Among his 33 books was the 1968 best seller Instant Replay, written with Green Bay Packer Jerry Kramer...
POISON PEN What screenwriter doesn't dream of winning an Academy Award? Well, snap out of it. A Canadian study of every screenwriter ever considered for an Oscar shows that to win the golden guy--as opposed to being nominated--shortens life expectancy by 3.6 years. Last spring the same researchers found that actors who win live 3.9 years longer. Why the plot twist? Success seems to kill screenwriters because, unlike actors, they needn't worry about public scrutiny and are freer to smoke, sleep less and generally lead unhealthy lives...
...crown is rotated among royalty every five years. RETIREMENT ANNOUNCED. Of DICK ARMEY, 65, the House of Representatives Republican majority leader since 1995; in Washington, D.C. Armey, extolled by fellow Texan George W. Bush for his tax-cutting agenda, will step down after completing his term in January 2003. AWARDED. SHAHNAZ BOKHARI, 45, a Pakistani psychologist and publisher, the Weimar's Human Rights Prize for sheltering and tending to victims of domestic violence; in Weimar, Germany. Bokhari, outspoken about women's rights, is seeking to abolish the Pakistani tradition of condemning to death women who commit adultery. DIED. LARRY COSTELLO...
...Believe It or Not Author and historian Joseph Ellis' stellar career - a National Book Award in 1997, a Pulitzer in 2001 - abruptly stalled this summer when it was revealed he was not only writing history, but rewriting it as well. It turned out Ellis had invented his tour of duty in Vietnam, with which he liked to regale students, earning their scorn and a 12-month suspension from Mount Holyoke College, where he had taught for 29 years...