A time capsule dating back to 1795 has been found within the granite cornerstone of the Massachusetts statehouse, where historians believe it was originally placed by Revolutionary war luminaries Samuel Adams and Paul Revere among others.
Barack Obama, Stop Ruining My Marriage
By Sean Gregory
The list of reasons to admire Barack Obama is longer than Pennsylvania Avenue. But please, and I'm begging here, let's not hold him up as an exemplary husband simply because he takes his wife out on a date
Activist for rights of sex workers buried among luminaries
AP, GENEVA
Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009, Page 6
A well-known one-time prostitute who campaigned for the rights and dignity of sex workers was given an honored place of rest on Monday in the same cemetery where Protestantism’s John Calvin is buried, drawing criticism from some.
Griselidis Real, who died in 2005, was buried in the presence of 200 people at the Cemetery of the Kings, which is reserved for individuals who profoundly marked Swiss or international history. Argentine writer Jose Luis Borges and child psychologist Jean Piaget are interred there.
Honour for Royal Society luminary
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inter (BURY) Show phoneticsverb [T] -rr- FORMAL
to bury a dead body:
Many of the soldiers were interred in unmarked graves.
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noun [C or U] FORMAL
the act of burying a dead body
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━━ n. 発光体; ((特に)) 星, 太陽, 月; 指導者, 権威者; 著名人.Princeton Professor David Billington Receives ACEC Distinguished Award of Merit
WASHINGTON, Nov 11, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Princeton University Professor David P. Billington has received the Distinguished Award of Merit--the highest honor bestowed upon an individual by the engineering industry.
The award was presented by the American Council of Engineering Companies at its Fall Convention in Montreal, Canada.
Calling Billington "a national treasure," ACEC President David A. Raymond recognized the life-long educator for his "outstanding contributions to the field of engineering, pioneering achievements in social and artistic aspects of engineering design, and exemplary accomplishments in engineering education."
Since 1952, the Distinguished Award of Merit has recognized leaders from government, education, science and business for their exemplary contributions. Past recipients include former Presidents Herbert Hoover and Dwight D. Eisenhower, Astronaut Neil Armstrong, Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, Carl Sagan, W. Edwards Deming, and 44 other luminaries.
Billington, who has taught at Princeton University's School of Engineering and Applied Science since 1961, is considered to be one of the top engineering educators of the past century.
In his classes and many published books, including Power, Speed, and Form: Engineers and the Making of the Twentieth Century, Billington speaks of "the grand tradition of modern engineering and the transformation of American society by engineering."
The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) is the business association of America's engineering industry, representing approximately 5,700 independent engineering companies throughout the United States engaged in the development of America's transportation, environmental, industrial, and other infrastructure. Founded in 1909 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., ACEC is a national federation of 51 state and regional organizations.
SOURCE: American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC)
exemplaryadj.- Worthy of imitation; commendable: exemplary behavior.
- Serving as a model.
- Serving as an illustration; typical.
- Serving as a warning; admonitory.
[From Middle English exaumplarie, exemplere, an exemplar. See exemplar.]
exemplarily ex'em·plar'i·ly (ĕg'zəm-plâr'ə-lē) adv.exemplariness ex·em'pla·ri·ness or ex'em·plar'i·ty (ĕg'zəm-plăr'ĭ-tē) n.
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