query: Steven Zaillian won a Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement.

pos: Steven Zaillian __ NOTOC __   Steven Ernest Bernard Zaillian ( born January 30 , 1953 ) is an Armenian-American screenwriter , director , film editor , producer , and founder of Film Rites , a film production company . He won an Academy Award , a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award for his screenplay Schindler 's List ( 1993 ) and he has been nominated for Awakenings , Gangs of New York and Moneyball . He was also presented with the Distinguished Screenwriter Award at the 2009 Austin Film Festival and the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement from the Writers Guild of America in 2011 .

neg: Varian's War Varian 's War ( aka Varian 's War : The Forgotten Hero ) is a 2001 joint Canadian/American/United Kingdom film made-for-television drama . The film was written and directed by Lionel Chetwynd , based on the life and wartime exploits of Varian Fry who saved more than 2,000 Jewish artists from occupied France . Varian 's War stars William Hurt , heading an all-star ensemble cast of Julia Ormond , Matt Craven , Maury Chaykin , Alan Arkin and Lynn Redgrave .

neg: S. Craig Zahler S. Craig Zahler ( born January 23 , 1973 ) is an American novelist , screenwriter , director , cinematographer and musician .

neg: York Theatre York Theatre is an Off-Broadway theatre company base in East Midtown Manhattan , New York City . In its 48th year , York Theatre is dedicated to the production of new musicals and concert productions of forgotten musicals from the past . Each season consists of three or four mainstage productions , six or more concert presentations and dozens of developmental readings . It has had several transfers of its work to larger off-Broadway theatres and to Broadway . The company was awarded a special Drama Desk Award in 1996 to its artistic director Janet Hayes Walker and in 2006 for its `` vital contributions to theater by developing and presenting new musicals '' .   Since 1993 the company has performed in an intimate theatre that is part of St. Peter 's Church , in the Citigroup Center Complex at 619 Lexington Avenue at the corner of East 54th Street .   The Oscar Hammerstein Award  is named in honor of the legendary lyricist and librettist who helped shape American musical theatre through his collaborations with a number of different composers and writers . The award was created in 1988 by Janet Hayes Walker , the Founding Artistic Director of The York Theatre Company , and is presented with the endorsement of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization and the Hammerstein family . The Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala is the major annual fundraising event of The York , a mainstay of the Off-Broadway scene for more than 45 years .   Past recipients include Stephen Sondheim , Betty Comden & Adolph Green , Harold Prince , Cy Coleman , Charles Strouse , Arthur Laurents , Jerry Herman , Stephen Schwartz , Peter Stone , David Merrick , John Kander & Fred Ebb , Terrence McNally , Sir Cameron Mackintosh , Carol Channing , Tony Walton , Joseph Stein , Thomas Meehan , Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick , Barbara Cook , Paul Gemignani , Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty . In November , 2015 , the 24th Oscar Hammerstein Award was presented to Angela Lansbury in a star-studded tribute evening .

neg: Steven Hayward (Canadian writer) Steven Hayward is a Canadian novelist and short story writer .   Born in Toronto , Hayward attended the University of Toronto and York University . His first book , Buddha Stevens and Other Stories , won the 2001 Upper Canada Writer 's Craft Award ; prior to that , the individual stories that would eventually make up this collection were nominated for the Pushcart and Journey prizes , won awards at the University of Greensboro , the University of Arkansas , and the University of Toronto , and had appeared in The Iowa Review , Writ , Exile , The Southwestern Review , Fiddlehead and Canadian Fiction Magazine .   Amazon.ca describes Buddha Stevens and Other Stories as an `` intelligent , funny , and engaging volume of postmodern fictions deals with the essential elements of life : love , sex , age , and death . '' The review goes on to say , `` Unlike many postmodernists , however , Hayward sticks to very traditional plots and never hides his characters beneath layers of coy obscurity , proving that it is possible to tell a memorable story through an unusual , playful structure . ''   Hayward holds a doctorate from York University in Shakespeare and Literary Theory . He taught from 2001 to 2008 at John Carroll University and currently is a professor of English at Colorado College and teaches on creative writing and fiction .   His first novel , The Secret Mitzvah of Lucio Burke was published in Canada in February 2005 . The Italian translation won the Grinzane Cavour Prize for debut fiction in January 2006 .   He has published nonfiction on film , literary theory , Renaissance drama , Canadian literature and The Sopranos .   He is a member of the Cleveland East Side Writers group .

neg: Paddy Chayefsky Sidney Aaron `` Paddy '' Chayefsky ( January 29 , 1923 -- August 1 , 1981 ) was an American playwright , screenwriter and novelist . He is the only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for Best Screenplay ( the other three-time winners , Francis Ford Coppola , Charles Brackett , Woody Allen and Billy Wilder , have all shared their awards with co-writers ) .   He was considered one of the most renowned dramatists of the so-called Golden Age of Television . His intimate , realistic scripts provided a naturalistic style of television drama for the 1950s , and he was regarded as the central figure in the `` kitchen sink realism '' movement of American television . Martin Gottfried wrote in All His Jazz that Chayefsky `` was a successful writer , the most successful graduate of television 's slice of life school of naturalism . ''   Following his critically acclaimed teleplays , Chayefsky continued to succeed as a playwright and novelist . As a screenwriter , he received three Academy Awards for Marty ( 1955 ) , The Hospital ( 1971 ) and Network ( 1976 ) . The movie Marty was based on his own television drama about two lonely people finding love . Network was his scathing satire of the television industry and The Hospital was also satiric . Film historian David Thomson called The Hospital `` years ahead of its time . -LSB- ... -RSB- Few films capture the disaster of America 's self-destructive idealism so well . '' His screenplay for Network is often regarded as his masterpiece , and has been hailed as `` the kind of literate , darkly funny and breathtakingly prescient material that prompts many to claim it as the greatest screenplay of the 20th century . ''   Chayefsky 's early stories were frequently influenced by the author 's childhood in The Bronx . Chayefsky was part of the inaugural class of inductees into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ' Television Hall of Fame . He received this honor three years after his death , in 1984 .

neg: Screenland Screenland was a monthly U.S. magazine about movies , published between September 1920 and June 1971 , when it merged with Silver Screen . In the September 1952 issue , the name changed to Screenland plus TV-Land .   In was established in Los Angeles , California , with Myron Zobel as the editor in 1922 . Frederick James Smith became the editor in 1923 when it moved to Cooperstown , New York . One magazine-collector site credits , without attribution , one Paul Hunter , `` with rescuing Screenland magazine for John Cuneo back in 1932 . ''   In October 1952 , Ned Pines ' Standard Magazines , an imprint of Pines Publications , purchased Silver Screen and Screenland from the Henry Publishing company . Pines announced in June 1954 that he was suspending publication with the August 1954 issue , citing production and distribution costs . The magazine continued publication through 1971 , however .   In 1923 the magazine reported a love affair between Evelyn Brent and Douglas Fairbanks , resulting in legal threats , and a retraction .

neg: Good Will Hunting Good Will Hunting is a 1997 American drama film , directed by Gus Van Sant , and starring Robin Williams , Matt Damon , Ben Affleck , Minnie Driver and Stellan Skarsgård . Written by Affleck and Damon ( and with Damon in the title role ) , the film follows 20-year-old South Boston laborer Will Hunting , an unrecognized genius who , as part of a deferred prosecution agreement after assaulting a police officer , becomes a client of a therapist and studies advanced mathematics with a renowned professor . Through his therapy sessions , Will re-evaluates his relationships with his best friend , his girlfriend and himself , facing the significant task of confronting his past and thinking about his future .   The film received positive reviews and was a financial success . It grossed over US$ 225 million during its theatrical run with only a modest $ 10 million budget . It was nominated for nine Academy Awards , including the Academy Award for Best Picture , and won two : Best Supporting Actor for Williams and Best Original Screenplay for Affleck and Damon .   After Williams ' death in 2014 , it was ranked at number 53 in The Hollywood Reporters `` 100 Favorite Films '' list .

neg: Producers Guild of America Award The Producers Guild of America Award was originally established in 1990 by the Producers Guild of America as the Golden Laurel Awards , created by PGA Treasurer Joel Freeman with the support of Guild President Leonard Stern , in order to honor the visionaries who produce and execute motion picture and television product . The ceremony has been hosted each year by celebrity host/presenters , including Nick Clooney , Michael Douglas , Robert Guillaume , James Earl Jones , Jack Lemmon , Shirley MacLaine , Garry Marshall , Walter Matthau , Ronald Reagan , Marlo Thomas , Grant Tinker , and Ted Turner , among others .

neg: Jeremy Pikser Jeremy Pikser is an award-winning screenwriter .   Best known for Bulworth ( co-written with Warren Beatty ) , which was nominated for Academy , Golden Globe , and WGA Awards for best screenplay , and won the LA Film Critics Best Screenplay award for 1998 . Pikser got his start working as a `` special consultant '' and uncredited writer on the film Reds ( also with Beatty , and also nominated for an Academy Award for screenplay ) . He wrote The Lemon Sisters , starring Diane Keaton , Carol Kane , Elliott Gould , Kathryn Grody , and Ruben Blades , and War , Inc. ( co-written with Mark Leyner and John Cusack ) , starring Cusack , Marissa Tomei , Ben Kingsley , and Hilary Duff , which premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City . He was `` supervising writer '' for Pink Subaru , which opened at the Turin Film Festival in 2009 .   Pikser teaches screenwriting at New York University in the Rita and Burton Goldberg department of dramatic writing at the Tisch School of the Arts , and is a regular advisor at the Sundance Screenwriters ' Lab . He is also an occasional contributor to The Huffington Post and he has commented on the writer 's strike and other subjects on The Guardian website Comment Is Free .   Pikser cut his activist teeth at Oberlin College , where he was a leading opponent of the Vietnam War , and was one of the authors and organizers of the Not in Our Name Statement of Conscience opposing the US invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq .

neg: Jeffrey Lynn Jeffrey Lynn ( born Ragnar Godfrey Lind ; February 16 , 1909 -- November 24 , 1995 ) was an American stage-screen actor and film producer who worked primarily through the Golden Age of Hollywood establishing himself as one of the premier talents of his time . Throughout his acting career , both on stage and in film , he was typecast as `` the attractive , reliable love interest of the heroine , '' or `` the tall , stalwart hero . ''   Born and raised in Massachusetts , he attended Bates College , before working as a teacher . He was tapped to act in his first film in 1938 , which convinced him to move to Hollywood , California . His second film -- Four Daughters ( 1938 ) -- propelled him into national fame sparking three squeals : Daughters Courageous ( 1939 ) , Four Wives ( 1939 ) and Four Mothers ( 1941 ) with Lynn reprising his role in each of them . He was at the center of the Gone with the Wind ( 1939 ) screening controversy ; he was noted as the top contender to play Ashley Wilkes , however , the directer eventually chose Leslie Howard instead . Lynn was asked to join James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart in The Roaring Twenties ( 1939 ) , a gangster noir that garnered him critical praise . His success continued with such films as The Fighting 69th ( 1940 ) in which he portrayed poet-soldier Joyce Kilmer opposite Cagney , It All Came True ( 1940 ) , All This and Heaven Too ( 1940 ) and Million Dollar Baby ( 1941 ) .   His movie career was put on hold for World War II draft , where he received a Bronze Star for his service as a in Italy and Austria as a combat intelligence captain . He returned to the screen in 1948 and was in the notably successful , A Letter to Three Wives ( 1949 ) , which went on to be nominated of best picture in the 1950 prime time Academy Awards . A year later he joined that cast of Home Town Story ( 1951 ) billed alongside Marilyn Monroe . His later film career credits include : BUtterfield 8 ( 1960 ) along with Elizabeth Taylor and Laurence Harvey , and Tony Rome ( 1967 ) with Frank Sinatra .   Lynn also began to act on Broadway and was featured in such plays as Any Wednesday ( 1966 ) and Dinner at Eight ( 1967 ) . Later on in his career he found mixed critical success television starring in hit shows such as Robert Montgomery Presents , Your Show of Shows , My Son Jeep ( with young Martin Huston ) , and Lux Video Theatre .   He died in November 1995 in Burbank , California from natural causes and was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills . Actor Jeffrey Lynn `` Jeff '' Goldblum is named in honor of Jeffrey Lynn .

neg: The Dream of a Ridiculous Man `` The Dream of a Ridiculous Man '' ( Сон смешного человека , Son smeshnovo cheloveka ) is a short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky written in 1877 . It chronicles the experiences of a man who decides that there is nothing of any value in the world . Slipping into nihilism with the `` terrible anguish '' he is determined to commit suicide . A chance encounter with a young girl , however , begins the man on a journey that re-instills a love for his fellow man . It was first published in A Writer 's Diary .   A BBC production called `` The Dream '' ( 1990 ) was adapted by Murray Watts from `` The Dream of a Ridiculous Man '' . `` The Dream '' is a monologue . The director was Norman Stone ( `` Shadowlands '' ) and it stars Jeremy Irons . There is a short animation movie adapted from the story by Aleksandr Petrov , also titled The Dream of a Ridiculous Man .

neg: Antidote Films For the Australian film distribution company , see Antidote Films ( Australia ) .   Antidote Films , also known as Antidote International Films , Inc. , is an independent film production company founded by producer Jeff Levy-Hinte based in the Hudson Square neighborhood of New York City . In 2008 , Antidote completed several documentaries , including Soul Power and The Dungeon Masters , both of which premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival .   Antidote produced Roman Polanski : Wanted and Desired , a documentary directed by Marina Zenovich , which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize and winner of the Documentary Editing Award at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival , the film will be released domestically by HBO and internationally through The Weinstein Company .   Prior to this , Antidote produced several narrative films until The Last Winter , when the company shifted its focus to documentary .   Other Antidiote productions include the eco-horror thriller The Last Winter ; The Hawk Is Dying , adapted from Harry Crews ' novel and directed by Julian Goldberger ; Mysterious Skin , directed by Greg Araki ; and Thirteen , directed by Catherine Hardwicke .   In 2003 Daily Variety announced Antidote 's plans for a film adaptation of the JT LeRoy novel ` Sarah ' , to be directed by Steven Shainberg . According to The New York Times , when Shainberg learned that JT LeRoy was a literary persona and that Laura Albert was the actual author of Sarah , he decided `` to make a ` meta-film , ' a triple-layered movie that would blend the novel with the lives of its real and purported authors in a project he took to calling ` Sarah Plus . ' '' The Times also reported that this new project `` required the rights to Laura Albert 's story , rights that she in no uncertain terms refused to grant . '' In June 2007 Antidote sued Albert for fraud , claiming that a contract signed with JT LeRoy to make a feature film of Sarah was null and void . After a Manhattan jury found Albert liable in monetary damages for the tort of fraud because she had signed her nom de plume to the movie contract , The New York Times noted that Jeffrey Levy-Hinte said , `` if Ms. Albert , who never made a fortune from her literary works , could not afford to pay the judgment , he might have to consider laying claim to the rights to her past and future books . '' Levy-Hinte 's chief lawyer insisted , `` Neither Jeff nor I want to ruin Laura Albert . We just want her to behave with a little more integrity . '' After an appeal , the damages awarded were reduced by settlement with Antidote in 2009 , and Laura Albert retained the rights to her books and her life story .

neg: César Award for Best Original Screenplay The César Award for Best Original Screenplay ( César du meilleur scénario original ) is an award presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma . It was initially awarded from 1983 to 1985 , and then awarded again in 2006 , when the original category ( César Award for Best Writing ) was split into two awards , the other being César Award for Best Adaptation .

neg: Eugene Vale Eugene Vale ( 11 April 1916 -- 2 May 1997 ) was a best-selling American novelist . He was also a screenwriter , a playwright , and the author of an influential volume on screenwriting , titled `` The Technique of Screen & Television Writing '' . In this book Vale provided many rules for writing screenplays to include the admonition that the `` primary purpose of every film scene is to transition into the future '' - Start with a goal in the future , then you need a motivation for a future event , then you create an intention on the part of the actor or actors : throughout the script one must create smaller intentions drawing the viewer closer to the main intention . Writing novels Mr. Vale thought emotions where the main event - whether it be fear , laughter , compassion , hatred or empathy . This the arbiter against which every scene must be judged .

neg: List of awards and nominations received by Robert Redford The following is a list of awards and nominations received by American actor , director and producer Robert Redford . He was first nominated for an Academy Award in 1973 for his role as Johnny `` Kelly '' Hooker in The Sting . He then won Best Director in 1980 for Ordinary People . In 1994 , he was nominated twice for Best Picture and Best Director for Quiz Show . He has been nominated for seven Golden Globes , winning two for Inside Daisy Clover as New Star of the Year -- Actor ( 1965 ) , Ordinary People as Best Director ( 1980 ) , and won the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1994 . He was awarded the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1995 .

neg: Jackson Gillis Jackson Clark Gillis ( August 21 , 1916 -- August 19 , 2010 ) was an American radio and television scriptwriter whose career spanned more than 40 years and encompassed a wide range of genres .   Gillis was born in Kalama , Washington to a highway engineer and a piano teacher . His family moved to California when he was a teenager . He attended California State University , Fresno , but transferred to Stanford University , where he earned his undergraduate degree in English in 1938 . He worked in England after graduating from college . After returning to the United States , he performed with the Barter Theatre in Virginia , together with Gregory Peck . George Bernard Shaw attended a performance of one of his plays , in which Gillis acted . Gillis received a note from Shaw that critiqued his exit , a postcard Gillis retained for decades . He enlisted in the United States Army and worked as an intelligence officer during World War II in the Pacific Theater .   After completing his military service , Gillis moved to Los Angeles and took a job writing for radio shows , including the dramas The Whistler and Let George Do It . He moved into television scriptwriting and earned his first credit -- for an episode of Racket Squad , a series that starred Reed Hadley -- in 1952 . He wrote for The Adventures of Superman from 1953 to 1957 and also spent several years writing for Perry Mason and Lassie . His scriptwriting was prolific and varied , and over the years , he worked on shows such as Lost in Space , Hawaii Five-O , and Knight Rider . He wrote for the series Columbo , starring Peter Falk , from 1971 to 1992 . He also wrote a pair of detective novels , The Killers of Starfish and Chainsaw .   After retiring from Hollywood in the 1990s , Gillis and his wife moved to Moscow , Idaho , to be near their daughter . Gillis was married to the former Patricia Cassidy , a fellow actor whom he met during his brief acting career at the Barter Theatre , until her death in 2003 . He died at age 93 on August 19 , 2010 , of pneumonia in Moscow , Idaho . His daughter recalled that her father watched little on television other than football , as `` he thought most of what was on TV was junk '' .

neg: Anthony Meindl Anthony Paul Meindl ( born January 14 , 1968 ) is an American screenwriter , stage and film actor , and founder and artistic director at the MetaTheatre Company and Anthony Meindl 's Actor Workshop in Los Angeles . The workshop has since expanded to locations in New York City , London , Sydney , Melbourne , and Vancouver .   In the 1990s , Meindl played a character who was a genie named `` Hard Hat Harry '' in a number of video cassettes and DVDs aimed at introducing children to trucks , cars , construction vehicles , and others ( usually using the name `` Anthony Paul '' ) .   He worked and lived in New York in the early 1990s and moved to Los Angeles in 1997 . He has been in many commercials for products and companies including Diet Coke , Philips Electronics , Bank of America , Nissan , Michelob Lite , Sears , Acura , Del Taco , Mervyns , and Behr Paint .   He has also appeared in non-Broadway stage productions of Titus Andronicus , Merrily We Roll Along , and the LA Weekly Award-nominated Cabaret .   He is openly gay . His film credits are almost exclusively gay-related , including the 1997 gay-themed drama David Searching , the 1998 gay-themed drama Minor Details , and the 2000 gay-themed comedy/drama Get Your Stuff . His latest film role was in the 2005 mystery comedy Death of a Saleswoman . He also appeared in a 1998 episode of Will & Grace .   He has coached and worked with Shailene Woodley , Ashley Greene , Agnes Bruckner , Nick Robinson , Chace Crawford , Cory Monteith , Dania Ramirez , Sasha Alexander , Chris Owen , Stevie Lynn Jones , Dree Hemingway , Michael Lomenda , JC Chasez , China Chow , Brock Kelly , Judith Hill , Samantha Mumba , Rocco DiSpirito , Olivia Holt , Ian Harding , Alexandra Daddario , Edy Ganem , Trevor Donovan , Daniel Cudmore , Charlie Bewley , Ashton Holmes , Larissa Oleynik , Lorenza Izzo , Carmen Electra , Allison Miller , Jenna Dewan-Tatum , Lucy Fry , Josh Zuckerman , Sadie Calvano , Taryn Southern , Ryan Rottman , Chaz Bono , Jill Wagner , Joe Slaughter , Mark Hapka , Matt Dallas , Brad Rowe , and Quddus Phillippe .   Meindl 's first feature screenplay , The Wonder Girls , was the Grand Prize Winning Feature Screenplay in the Slamdance Film Festival Screenplay Competition in 2007 .  He was nominated as Best Director for the LA Weekly Awards two years in a row for Best Comedy ( Swimming In The Shallows ) and Best Drama ( Dogs Barking ) . The casts for both shows ( members of MetaTheatre Company , his acting studio ) were also nominated as Best Ensemble in a Comedy and Best Ensemble in a Drama .   His first short , `` Ready ? OK ! '' , played in over a dozen International Film Festivals , winning numerous `` Best of '' Awards and premiered on MTV 's LOGO Network in 2009 as part of their `` Click List : Best In Short Film Series . '' It won the 2008 Planet Out Scion Viewer 's Choice Short Film Awards .   Meindl 's first feature film , Birds of A Feather ( 2011 ) won him Best Director awards at the 2012 Downtown LA Film Festival and the 2013 Golden Door Film Festival and the Spirit of the Festival Award at the 2012 Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival . The film features Academy Award winner , Olympia Dukakis , Bruce Vilanch and Trevor Donovan .   He is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post , The Daily Love , and Backstage .

neg: César Award for Best Writing The César Award for Best Writing ( César du meilleur scénario , dialogues ou adaptation ( 1976-1982 ) ; César du meilleur scénario original ou adaptation ( 1986-2005 ) ) is a former award given by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma from 1976 to 2005 . It was split into César Award for Best Original Screenplay and César Award for Best Adaptation in 2006 .

neg: Steven Conrad Steven Conrad ( born 1968 ) is an American screenwriter , film producer and director .

neg: 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards , honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 2014 , were presented on January 25 , 2015 , on both TNT and TBS 8:00 p.m. EST / 5:00 p.m. PST . Nominees were announced on December 10 , 2014 .


query: 1976 was the year Sam Worthington was born.

pos: Sam Worthington Samuel Henry John Worthington ( born 2 August 1976 ) is a British-born Australian actor . He played the main character role of Alex Mason in the Call of Duty : Black Ops series . He portrayed the protagonist Jake Sully in the 2009 film Avatar ; Marcus Wright in Terminator Salvation ; and Perseus in Clash of the Titans and its sequel , Wrath of the Titans ; before transitioning to more dramatic roles , in Everest ( 2015 ) and Hacksaw Ridge ( 2016 ) .   In 2004 , Worthington received Australia 's highest film award for his lead role in Somersault . He performed predominantly in leading roles in a variety of low-budget films before moving to major studio films , ranging from romantic drama and comedy-drama to science fiction and action .

neg: 1976 Houston Cougars football team The 1976 Houston Cougars football team , also known as the Houston Cougars , Houston , or UH , represented the University of Houston in the 1976 NCAA Division I football season . It was the 31st year of season play for Houston . The team was coached by fifteenth-year head football coach , Bill Yeoman . The team played its home games at the Astrodome , a 53,000-person capacity stadium off-campus in Houston . It was Houston 's first year of season play as a full member of the Southwest Conference eligible as champions . Upon winning the conference as co-champions , the Cougars competed against the Maryland Terrapins in the Cotton Bowl Classic , and finished the post-season at an all-time highest national ranking in the history of the program . Senior defensive tackle Wilson Whitley received the Lombardi Award following the season . Future UH and Baylor head coach Art Briles played on this team .

neg: Games '74 Games '74 is a 1974 New Zealand -- made documentary film of the 1974 British Commonwealth Games , held in Christchurch , New Zealand from 24 January to 2 February 1974 . The full title was Games ' 74 : Official Film of the Xth British Commonwealth Games , Christchurch , New Zealand , 1974 .   The feature-length documentary in colour and on 35 mm was shot and processed by the New Zealand National Film Unit ( NFU ) . The directors became prominent in New Zealand film-making in the next two decades , and one of the location assistants , one Sam Neill , went on to an international career .   The spectator 's - eye camera avoids camera comment . The prime targets are track events , then field events , with `` elephantine drama '' from the male weightlifters and shots of the marathon which go outside the stadium . There is a surprisingly ( for the time ) gender-balanced and apolitical narrative which underlines the humanity of the competitors as much as it shows the drama of success and failure '' according to Sam Edwards , although `` woman 's events receive scant coverage '' . Divers are captured in slow motion , and a `` series of high jumpers , using similar techniques to cross the bar are edited in collapsed sequence , reminding viewers of salmon exploding up a waterfall '' .   The film has been restored and is available on DVD .

neg: U.S. Route 70 U.S. Route 70 ( US 70 ) is an east -- west United States highway that runs for 2,385 miles ( 3,838 km ) from eastern North Carolina to east-central Arizona . As can be derived from its number , it is a major east -- west highway of the Southern and Southwestern United States . It formerly ran from coast to coast , with the current Eastern terminus near the Atlantic Ocean in North Carolina , and the former Western terminus near the Pacific Ocean in California .  Before the completion of the Interstate system , U.S. Highway 70 was sometimes referred to as the `` Broadway of America '' , due to its status as one of the main east -- west thoroughfares in the nation . It was also promoted as the `` Treasure Trail '' by the U.S. Highway 70 Association as of 1951 .

neg: Let's Talk About Youth Let 's Talk About Youth is a 1976 South Korean dramatic film .

neg: 1974 New England Patriots season The New England Patriots finished the National Football League 's 1974 season with a record of seven wins and seven losses , and finished tied for third in the AFC East Division . The Pats stunned the Super Bowl Champion Miami Dolphins in Week 1 at Schaffer Stadium . The Pats would go on to win their first five games on their way to a 6-1 start . However , they would struggle in the second half winning only one game before finishing with a 7-7 record .

neg: 1976–77 in Scottish football Season 1976 -- 1977 was the 104th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 80th season of Scottish league football .   After the failure of the Spring Cup and the 26 game season in the 1st & 2nd Divisions , a 39-game season was instituted in these divisions with a slight imbalance in the amount of home and away games played by each team ; however , this was seen as preferable to a lengthy 52 game season .

neg: 1976–77 Football League Cup The 1976 -- 77 Football League Cup was the seventeenth season of the Football League Cup , a knockout competition for England 's top 92 football clubs . The competition started on 14 August 1976 and ended with the final going to a second replay on 13 April 1977 .   The final was contested by First Division teams Aston Villa and Everton at Wembley Stadium in London , followed by replays at Hillsborough and finally being decided at Old Trafford .

neg: High Velocity (film) High Velocity is a 1976 20th Century Fox release action film that was the only film of director Remi Kramer who also co-wrote the screenplay .

neg: 1976–77 Birmingham City F.C. season The 1976 -- 77 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club 's 74th in the Football League and their 43rd in the First Division . They finished in 13th position in the 22-team division . They entered the 1976 -- 77 FA Cup at the third round proper and lost in the fourth to Leeds United , and lost to Blackpool in their opening second-round match in the League Cup .   Twenty-one players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition , and there were thirteen different goalscorers . Midfielder Terry Hibbitt and forward Trevor Francis played in all 45 first-team matches over the season , and the leading goalscorer was Francis with 21 goals , all scored in the league . Kenny Burns scored 20 , of which 19 came in league competition .

neg: Rocky Rocky is a 1976 American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and both written by and starring Sylvester Stallone . It tells the rags to riches American Dream story of Rocky Balboa , an uneducated but kind-hearted working class Italian-American boxer working in a meat warehouse and as a debt collector for a loan shark in the slums of Philadelphia . Rocky starts out as a small-time club fighter , and later gets a shot at the world heavyweight championship . The film also stars Talia Shire as Adrian , Burt Young as Adrian 's brother Paulie , Burgess Meredith as Rocky 's trainer Mickey Goldmill , and Carl Weathers as the champion , Apollo Creed .   The film , made on a budget of just over $ 1 million and shot in 28 days , was a sleeper hit ; it earned $ 225 million in global box office receipts , becoming the highest-grossing film of 1976 , and went on to win three Oscars , including Best Picture . The film received many positive reviews and turned Stallone into a major star . In 2006 , the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being `` culturally , historically or aesthetically significant '' . Rocky is considered to be one of the greatest sports films ever made and was ranked as the second-best in the genre , after Raging Bull , by the American Film Institute in 2008 .   The film has spawned six sequels : Rocky II ( 1979 ) , Rocky III ( 1982 ) , Rocky IV ( 1985 ) , Rocky V ( 1990 ) , Rocky Balboa ( 2006 ) and Creed ( 2015 ) . Stallone portrays Rocky in all six sequels , wrote the first five , and directed four ( Avildsen returned to direct Rocky V and Ryan Coogler directed Creed ) .

neg: List of people from Fort Worth, Texas The following are people of note who were born in , live in , or have formerly resided in Fort Worth , Texas .   Jay Boy Adams ( born 1949 in Fort Worth ) , singer , songwriter , and guitarist  Randy Alexander ( born 1951 in Fort Worth ) , Republican member of Arkansas House of Representatives from Springdale , Arkansas  Adrienne Ames ( 1907 -- 1947 ) , actress  Betty Andujar ( 1912 -- 1997 ) , first Republican woman in Texas State Senate ( 1973 -- 1983 )  B W Aston ( 1936 -- 2010 ) , historian  Lance Cole Barrett ( born 1984 in Fort Worth ) , Major League Baseball umpire  Sid Bass ( born 1943 ) , billionaire , Sundance Square developer , major stockholder in The Walt Disney Company  Alan Bean ( born 1932 ) , artist , retired NASA astronaut ( 1981 ) ; R. L. Paschal High School , Class of 1950 ; carried Paschal High School 's flag to the moon . http://www.alanbeangallery.com/  Big Lurch ( born 1976 ) , rapper , serving a life sentence for murder and cannibalism  Patricia Blair ( 1933 -- 2013 ) , actress  Mel Bradford ( born 1934 ) , literary critic  Leon Bridges , soul singer , grammy nommineé  Betty Buckley ( born 1947 ) , Tony Award-winning actress  Tom Buckman ( born 1947 ) , professional football player  T-Bone Burnett ( born 1948 ) , Oscar-winning songwriter , record producer , musician  Joel Burns , politician  Kate Capshaw ( born 1953 ) , actress , married to Steven Spielberg  Major Horace Seaver `` Stump '' Carswell , Junior ( July 18 , 1916 -- October 26 , 1944 ) , USAAF , KIA World War II ; posthumous Medal of Honor recipient ; the former Carswell Air Force Base was his namesake .  Amon G. Carter ( 1879 -- 1955 ) , civic booster , philanthropist , creator and publisher of Fort Worth Star-Telegram  Cattle Annie ( 1882 -- 1978 ) , female bandit , lived in Fort Worth 1910 to 1912  Julio Cedillo ( born 1970 ) , actor , raised in Fort Worth  Mark David Chapman ( born 1955 ) , killed John Lennon  Candy Clark ( born 1947 ) , Oscar-nominated actress  Kelly Clarkson ( born 1982 ) , singer , American Idol winner  Raymond Clayborn ( born 1955 ) , NFL football player  Van Cliburn ( 1934 -- 2013 ) , pianist  Ornette Coleman ( 1930 -- 2015 ) , jazz musician  Kenneth Copeland ( born 1936 ) , televangelist  Heloise Bowles Cruse ( 1919 -- 1977 ) , syndicated columnist , Hints from Heloise  Jeff Current , lead singer of Against All Will  T. Cullen Davis ( born 1933 ) , millionaire tried and acquitted for 1976 murders of Stan Farr and Andrea Wilborn  Bobby Day ( 1928 -- 1990 ) , musician  John Denver ( Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. - 1943 - 1997 ) Singer , Songwriter , Actor , Environmental Activist , Attended Arlington Heights High School in Fort Worth .  John Douglas ( 1945 -- 2005 ) , NFL player  Johnny Dowd ( born 1948 ) , musician  James T. Draper , Jr. ( born 1935 ) , author , Baptist leader  Clare B. Dunkle ( born 1964 ) , author , librarian  Jack Favor ( 1911 -- 1988 ) , rodeo star falsely imprisoned for two murders in Louisiana in 1967 ; exonerated in 1974 ; lived mostly in Arlington  Kirk Franklin ( born 1970 ) , gospel singer and producer  Charlie Geren ( born 1949 ) , member of Texas House of Representatives from District 99 in Tarrant County  Pete Geren ( born 1952 ) , former member of U.S. House of Representatives from Texas 's 12th congressional district ; former U.S. Secretary of the Army ; director of Sid W. Richardson Foundation ; brother of Charlie Geren  Edna Gladney ( 1886 -- 1961 ) , founder of Edna Gladney Home  Craig Goldman ( born 1968 ) , member of Texas House of Representatives from District 97 in Fort Worth  Kay Granger ( born 1943 ) , U.S. Representative and former mayor of Fort Worth  Judy Graubart ( born 1943 ) , actress , The Electric Company  Pat Green ( born 1972 ) , country musician  Jack Haden ( 1914 -- 1996 ) , American football player  Larry Hagman ( 1931 -- 2012 ) , actor , son of actress Mary Martin , played J.R. 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neg: 1976–77 NFL playoffs The National Football League playoffs for the 1976 season began on December 18 , 1976 . The postseason tournament concluded with the Oakland Raiders defeating the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl XI , 32 -- 14 , on January 9 , 1977 , at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena , California .

neg: United States presidential election in Connecticut, 1976 The 1976 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 2 , 1976 . All 50 states and The District of Columbia , were part of the 1976 United States presidential election . Connecticut voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College , who voted for President and Vice President .   Connecticut was won by the Republican nominees , incumbent President Gerald Ford of Michigan and his running mate Senator Bob Dole of Kansas . Ford and Dole defeated the Democratic nominees , Governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia and his running mate Senator Walter Mondale of Minnesota .   Ford narrowly carried Connecticut with 52.06 % of the vote to Carter 's 46.90 % , a victory margin of 5.16 % .

neg: Samantha Buck Samantha Susan Buck ( born December 20 , 1976 )  | title = Samantha Buck  | publisher = IMDB  | accessdate = 2012-06-13  -RCB- -RCB- </ref> is an American actress .

neg: 1976 Deauville American Film Festival The 2nd Deauville American Film Festival took place at Deauville , France from August 31 to September 5 , 1976 . This year , the festival auctioned film posters of the films screening at the festival , which continued over subsequent years .   The festival was non-competitive in nature and remained so until 1995 . The festival introduced Lucien Barrière Prize for Literature , which was awarded every year during the Festival to an American author . The festival contained three different sections in its programme , in which 38 feature films were screened .

neg: 1976 Open Championship The 1976 Open Championship was the 105th Open Championship , played 7 -- 10 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport , England . Johnny Miller won his only Open championship , six strokes ahead of runners-up Seve Ballesteros and Jack Nicklaus . It was Miller 's second and last major championship title ; his first was the U.S. Open in 1973 .   Ballesteros , age 19 , was the 54-hole leader at 211 ( − 5 ) , two strokes ahead of Miller . In the final round , he was seven over par after twelve holes , which included a triple-bogey at the eleventh . Ballesteros rallied on the final six holes , with three birdies and an eagle , to tie Nicklaus for second place .   Defending champion Tom Watson carded an 80 ( +8 ) in the third round for 227 ( +11 ) and missed the second cut by a stroke . U.S. Open champion Jerry Pate was level par after two rounds , but also missed the second cut with an 87 for 231 . Masters winner Raymond Floyd finished in fourth at 286 ( − 2 ) , a stroke behind Ballesteros and Nicklaus .

neg: Samantha Morton Samantha Jane Morton ( born 13 May 1977 ) is an English actress , screenwriter and director . She has received critical acclaim and numerous accolades throughout her career , including one BAFTA Award , one BIFA Award , one Golden Globe Award and has been nominated twice for an Academy Award and once for an Emmy Award . She has been described as one of the greatest actresses of her generation .   Brought up in Nottingham , Morton joined the Central Junior Television Workshop , and soon began her career in British television in 1991 . She guest-starred in Soldier Soldier and Cracker and appeared from 1995 to 1996 in the ITV series Band of Gold . She made the transition to film with lead roles in the dramas Emma ( 1996 ) , Jane Eyre ( 1997 ) and the well-received Under the Skin ( 1997 ) . The latter made director Woody Allen cast Morton in Sweet and Lowdown ( 1999 ) , which earned her nominations for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress .   In the 2000s , Morton continued to draw critical praise for her performances in numerous arthouse and independent films . Her role in Morvern Callar ( 2002 ) garnered her the BIFA Award for Best Actress , and she received her second Academy Award nomination , this time in the Best Actress category , for In America ( 2003 ) . She also found mainstream success with the science fiction thriller Minority Report ( 2002 ) . For her role in 2006 's television biopic Longford , she received BAFTA and Emmy Award nominations and won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress -- Television Film . Morton starred in the dramas Control ( 2007 ) , Synecdoche , New York ( 2008 ) and The Messenger ( 2009 ) , and she made her directorial debut with the British television film The Unloved ( 2009 ) , winning the BAFTA Television Award for Best Single Drama .   Her most recent acting credits include the science fiction action film John Carter ( 2012 ) , the thriller Cosmopolis ( 2012 ) , the drama Decoding Annie Parker ( 2013 ) , the period film Miss Julie ( 2014 ) , the European limited series The Last Panthers ( 2015 ) and the film adaptation Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them ( 2016 ) .

neg: 1976 in Scotland Events from the year 1976 in Scotland .


query: Jackie Robinson was awarded a medal.

pos: Jackie Robinson Jack Roosevelt Robinson ( January 31 , 1919 -- October 24 , 1972 ) was an American professional baseball second baseman who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) in the modern era . Robinson broke the baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers started him at first base on April 15 , 1947 . The Dodgers , by signing Robinson , heralded the end of racial segregation in professional baseball that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s . Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962 .   Robinson had an exceptional 10-year baseball career . He was the recipient of the inaugural MLB Rookie of the Year Award in 1947 , was an All-Star for six consecutive seasons from 1949 through 1954 , and won the National League Most Valuable Player Award in 1949 -- the first black player so honored . Robinson played in six World Series and contributed to the Dodgers ' 1955 World Series championship .   In 1997 , MLB `` universally '' retired his uniform number , 42 , across all major league teams ; he was the first pro athlete in any sport to be so honored . MLB also adopted a new annual tradition , `` Jackie Robinson Day '' , for the first time on April 15 , 2004 , on which every player on every team wears No. 42 .   Robinson 's character , his use of nonviolence , and his unquestionable talent challenged the traditional basis of segregation which then marked many other aspects of American life . He influenced the culture of and contributed significantly to the Civil Rights Movement . Robinson also was the first black television analyst in MLB , and the first black vice president of a major American corporation , Chock full o'Nuts . In the 1960s , he helped establish the Freedom National Bank , an African-American-owned financial institution based in Harlem , New York . After his death in 1972 , in recognition of his achievements on and off the field , Robinson was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal and Presidential Medal of Freedom .

neg: Military orders, awards and decorations A military decoration is an award , usually a medal of some sort that consists of a ribbon and medallion given to an individual as a distinctively designed mark of honor denoting heroism , or meritorious or outstanding service or achievement . While the United States Government does not consider all its military awards and medals as being `` decorations '' , other countries tend to refer to all their military awards and medals as `` decorations '' .   Civil decorations awarded to military personnel should not be considered military decorations , although some orders of chivalry have civil and military divisions . Decorations received by police and fire brigade personnel may sometimes be considered alongside military decorations , on which they may be modelled , although they are strictly not military awards .

neg: Meritorious Team Commendation The Meritorious Team Commendation ( MTC ) is a unit award of the United States Coast Guard . Created on 22 December 1993 , the Meritorious Team Commendation is awarded for performance of exceptional actions that would normally warrant a Commandant 's Letter of Commendation if recognizing an individual . Recognized groups must also display cohesion and teamwork noticeable to upper echelon commanders . The MTC is awarded to groups or teams that are not identifiable by OPFAC as a United States Coast Guard unit . The MTC may be awarded to military personnel , Coast Guard Auxiliarists , and civilians .

neg: AIA Gold Medal The AIA Gold Medal is awarded by the American Institute of Architects conferred `` by the national AIA Board of Directors in recognition of a significant body of work of lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture . ''   It is the Institute 's highest award . Since 1947 , the medal has been awarded more-or-less annually .

neg: John Bradley (United States Navy) John Henry `` Jack '' `` Doc '' Bradley ( July 10 , 1923 -- January 11 , 1994 ) was a United States Navy Hospital corpsman who was awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism in combat on February 21 , 1945 while assigned to a U.S. Marine Corps rifle company during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II .   Bradley was widely believed for decades to be one of the six U.S. flag-raisers depicted in Joe Rosenthal 's iconic photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima and was depicted on the Marine Corps War Memorial . In 2016 , a Marine Corps review board determined that although Bradley was involved with the first of two American flag -- raisings on top of Mount Suribachi , on February 23 , he was not one of the men shown raising the replacement flag in Rosenthal 's photograph . This was the Marine Corps second correction of the six men 's identities they named in the photograph in 1945 ( the first correction was in 1947 ) . The Marine memorial located in Arlington , Virginia , which was modeled after Rosenthal 's photograph and dedicated in 1954 , depicts bronze statues of each of the second flag -- raisers .

neg: Branch Rickey Wesley Branch Rickey ( December 20 , 1881 -- December 9 , 1965 ) was a Major League Baseball ( MLB ) executive elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967 . He was perhaps best known for breaking Major League Baseball 's color barrier by signing African American player Jackie Robinson , for drafting the first Hispanic superstar , Roberto Clemente , for creating the framework for the modern minor league farm system , for encouraging the Major Leagues to add new teams through his involvement in the proposed Continental League , and for introducing the batting helmet .   Rickey played in MLB for the St. Louis Browns and New York Highlanders from 1905 through 1907 . After struggling as a player , Rickey returned to college , where he learned about administration from Philip Bartelme . Returning to MLB in 1913 , Rickey embarked on a successful managing and executive career with the St. Louis Browns , the St. Louis Cardinals , Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates . The Cardinals elected him to their team Hall of Fame in 2014 .   Rickey also had a career in the sport of American football , as a player for the professional Shelby Blues and as a coach at Ohio Wesleyan University and Allegheny College . His many achievements and deep Christian faith earned him the nickname `` the Mahātmā . ''

neg: NASA Exceptional Bravery Medal The NASA Exceptional Bravery Medal is a NASA award for exemplary and courageous handling of an emergency by an individual who , independent of personal danger , has acted to prevent the loss of human life or U.S. government property . The award is open to government and non-government employees .   The first two medals were awarded in 1969 to NASA engineers Bill B. McClure and Charles J. `` Jack '' Beverlin , who prevented the collapse and explosion of an Atlas rocket at great risk to their own lives . A feature on Mars was later named after them .   Exceptional Bravery Medals were also awarded to Herbert W. Grandy in 1970 , and to Paul D. Sebesta in 1974 . Subsequently , thirty eight workers at the Michoud Assembly Facility were awarded this medal for protecting the facility from flooding due to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 .

neg: Marksmanship Medal The Marksmanship Medal is a United States Navy and the Coast Guard military award and is the highest award one may receive for weapons qualification . The Marksmanship Medal is the equivalent of the Expert Marksmanship Badge in the United States Army and Marine Corps . Additionally , select State National Guard organizations award marksmanship medals to guardsman who achieve some of the highest aggregate scores at state-level marksmanship competitions .   The Marksmanship Medal is awarded for qualifying as an expert marksman on either the 9 × 19mm Beretta M9 ( Navy or Coast Guard ) , .40 S&W SIG P229 DAK ( Coast Guard only ) , or M16 rifle . To qualify at the expert level , a superior score must be obtained on an approved weapons qualification course . The standard Navy weapons qualification course for pistol normally consists of several courses of fire from strong-side supported ( standing ) , weak-side supported ( standing ) , and strong-side supported ( kneeling ) positions . For the rifle , the Navy qualification course consists of firing from a sitting and prone positions .   Those qualifying as an expert marksman are authorized to wear the Marksmanship Medal , awarded as two separate decorations for rifle or pistol qualifications . Those having qualified on both pistol and rifle may receive both medals for simultaneous wear . The Marksmanship Medal is worn as a full-sized medal on dress uniforms . On a duty uniform all successful qualifiers may wear the award as the standard Marksmanship Ribbon . Those qualifying as an expert are authorized to wear the Expert device on the ribbon and those qualifying as a sharpshooter are authorized a `` S '' device ( Navy-bronze and Coast Guard-silver ) for that ribbon .   The Navy Marksmanship Medals were first issued in 1969 .   Similarly , the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs awards the Alaska Adjutant General 's Marksmanship Proficiency Medals , one for rifle and one for pistol , to the top ten guardsman with the highest aggregate scores at the Alaska National Guard Adjutant General 's Match . The winners of these awards are selected to join the state 's marksmanship team to represents the Alaska National Guard at the Winston P. Wilson Rifle and Pistol Championships for a chance to win the Chief 's Fifty Marksmanship Badge . A red , white , and blue ribbon is used to represent both medals ; however the actual rifle and pistol medals suspended by this ribbon are distinct .

neg: List of Medal of Honor recipients (Veracruz) The United States occupation of the Mexican port of Veracruz lasted for seven months in 1914 and occurred in the midst of poor diplomatic relations between Mexico and the United States , related to the ongoing Mexican Revolution .   In response to the Tampico Affair , President Woodrow Wilson ordered the U.S. Navy to prepare for the occupation of the port of Veracruz . While waiting for authorization of Congress to carry out such action , Wilson was alerted to a German delivery of weapons for Victoriano Huerta due to arrive to the port on April 21 . As a result , Wilson issued an immediate order to seize the port 's customs office and confiscate the weaponry .   The Medal of Honor was created during the American Civil War and is the highest military decoration presented by the United States government to a member of its armed forces . The recipient must have distinguished themselves at the risk of their own life above and beyond the call of duty in action against an enemy of the United States . Due to the nature of this medal , it is commonly presented posthumously .   Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels ordered that 56 Medals of Honor be awarded to participants in the occupation of Veracruz , the most for any single action before or since . In total 63 Medals of Honor were received for actions during the occupation ; 1 Army , 9 to members of the United States Marine Corps and 53 to Navy personnel .

neg: Dallas Robinson Dallas Robinson ( born March 30 , 1982 ) is an American soldier and bobsledder .   Robinson graduated from Oldham County High School in Buckner Kentucky and Eastern Kentucky University . He is known as a sprinter but was also in the USA Rugby 7 's and 15 's pool of athletes in 2009 and 2010 . In 2008 he was ranked 1st in the United States in the 55m Dash and top 10 in both the 60m and 200m races .   Robinson competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , Russia in both two man and four man bobsled finishing 13th and 12th . In the spring of 2014 Dallas competed with the 91 Buddy Lazier car as a fueler in the Indianapolis 500 . Robinson formerly resided in Georgetown Kentucky and he still owns a small farm outside of town . He now lives in Campbellsville Kentucky on the family farm and works as the local National Guard Recruiter .   In recent months Dallas has made himself well known for his efforts in Military Suicide Prevention and Awareness creating an event called `` The Million Pound Challenge '' as well as efforts in fund raising for Special Olympics and foster care organizations . In the spring of 2015 he was named as the spokesperson for Home Grown by Hero 's a program started by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture to help brand and market veteran grown products in the market place .   Dallas has been seen on The Weather Channel , Spike TV , NBC , ESPN , United Airlines Commercial 's , Toyota Sequoia Commercial 's and many regionally broadcast TV / Radio stations . He also has been featured in Max Muscle Magazine , GX Magazine , New York Times , Moscow Times and had an Olympic Column in the Courier Journal .   Robinson is an Honorary Kentucky Colonel , an Honorary Duke of Hazard and Oldham County Kentucky has a `` Dallas Robinson Day '' .

neg: Elmer Robinson Elmer Edwin `` Rob-Rob '' Robinson ( October 3 , 1894 -- June 9 , 1982 ) was the 33rd mayor of San Francisco , California . A Republican , he served as San Francisco 's mayor from January 1948 until January 1956 .   Robinson was born in the Richmond District of San Francisco , but primarily grew up in the northern California town of Fort Bragg . He moved back to San Francisco to attend night law school , after which he was admitted to the bar in 1915 . He served as a deputy district attorney of San Francisco County , 1915 to 1921 . He worked for 15 years , as a civil and criminal attorney in private practice .   In 1933 , President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Robinson to direct adjustment of claims of World War I veterans , at the request of the Disabled American Veterans .   In January 1935 , he became a Municipal Court judge , nine months later a Superior Court judge . Elected to two six-year terms on the San Francisco County Superior bench , 1936 and 1942 .   During World War II , Judge Robinson served as California State Chairman of a national salvage committee .   Elmer Robinson was elected mayor of San Francisco in November 1947 , taking office the following January . He was reelected to another four-year term as mayor in 1951 .   While Robinson was mayor , he promoted and oversaw numerous development projects , including an expansion of San Francisco International Airport and the construction of new schools , libraries , police stations , parking garages , and the modernization of the San Francisco Municipal Railway . San Francisco , although relatively prosperous in the boom years after World War II , experienced some population loss to outlying suburban areas during Robinson 's terms in office .   He returned to his law practice and served as president and general manager of Woodlawn Memorial Park .   While a resident of San Francisco , Judge Robinson died in Paradise , Butte County , California , on June 8 , 1982 at age 87 .   Category :1894 births  Category :1982 deaths  Category : Mayors of San Francisco  Category : California lawyers  Category : American Episcopalians  Category : People from Fort Bragg , California  Category : California Republicans  Category :20 th-century American politicians

neg: Medal "For Labour Valour" The Medal `` For Labour Valour '' was a civilian labour award of the Soviet Union bestowed to especially deserving workers to recognise and honour dedicated and valorous labour or significant contributions in the fields of science , culture or the manufacturing industry . It was established on December 27 , 1938 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR . During its existence , its statute was amended three times by further decrees , first on June 19 , 1943 to amend its description and ribbon , then on December 16 , 1947 to amend its regulations , and finally on July 18 , 1980 to confirm all previous amendments . During its existence of just over fifty years , it was bestowed to almost two million deserving citizens . The medal ceased to be awarded following the December 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union .

neg: Jackie Joyner-Kersee Jacqueline `` Jackie '' Joyner-Kersee ( born March 3 , 1962 ) is an American retired track and field athlete , ranked among the all-time greatest athletes in the heptathlon as well as long jump . She won three gold , one silver , and two bronze Olympic medals , in those two events at four different Olympic Games . Sports Illustrated for Women magazine voted Joyner-Kersee the Greatest Female Athlete of All-Time .   After retiring as a competitive athlete , Joyner-Kersee has been involved with many philanthropic efforts and has joined the Board of Directors for USA Track & Field ( USATF ) , the national governing body of the sport .   Joyner-Kersee is one of the most famous athletes to have overcome severe asthma .

neg: Navy Cross The Navy Cross is the United States military 's second-highest decoration awarded for valor in combat . The Navy Cross is awarded primarily to a member of the United States Navy , U.S. Marine Corps , and the U.S. Coast Guard ( when operating under the Department of the Navy ) for extraordinary heroism . The medal is equivalent to the Army 's Distinguished Service Cross , the Air Force 's Air Force Cross and the Coast Guard 's Coast Guard Cross .   The Navy Cross is bestowed by the Secretary of the Navy and may also be awarded to members of the other armed services , and to foreign military personnel while serving with the U.S. naval services . The Navy Cross was established by Act of Congress ( Public Law 65-253 ) and approved on February 4 , 1919 .

neg: Bill Robinson (author) William Wheeler `` Bill '' Robinson ( October 4 , 1918 -- April 3 , 2007 ) was an American sailor , author and editor well known in the national and international sailing community for his 27 nautical books , speaking engagements , and contributions to nautical publications .   Robinson was born in Elizabeth , New Jersey , and attended Princeton University from 1935 to 1939 , graduating with a degree in English . He received a commission in the United States Naval Reserve in 1941 and served as an officer until 1945 . He commanded a 110-foot wooden Navy subchaser - hull number SC 743 - in the Pacific theater during World War II - serving honorably in troop and ship convoys and in the invasions of Arawe , New Britain and Hollandia . LTjg Robinson was awarded the Bronze Star ( with gold star denoting a second award ) for his command 's performance under air attack . He was a sportswriter at the Newark Evening News ( 1947 -- 1955 ) and then the Newark Star Ledger ( 1955 -- 1957 ) following his return to civilian life . He developed a nationally syndicated boating column while at the Star Ledger .   Robinson was an associate editor of Yachting magazine from 1957 to 1967 and executive editor from 1967 to 1978 . He served as an editor-at-large for Yachting from 1978 to 1986 , when the publisher was sold . He then served as an editor-at-large for the competing Cruising World magazine from 1987 to 1996 .   Throughout his career and his retirement Robinson traveled extensively as a writer , sailing cruiser and racer . He wrote sailing and nautical-themed books and contributed articles to numerous professional journals . He served as a speaker and featured guest on cruises and at sailing events worldwide . With his late wife , Jane Dimock Robinson ( deceased 1997 ) , he lived in Rumson , New Jersey from 1946 to 2002 and maintained a boat and winter residence in Tortola , British Virgin Islands throughout his retirement .

neg: Navy Commendation Star The Navy Commendation Star or Navy Letter of Commendation Star was a Department of the Navy personal military decoration issued as ribbon device which was authorized in 1918 to be `` placed '' on the World War I Victory Medal . A inch silver star was issued to any service member of the Navy and Marine Corps who had been cited and commended by the Secretary of the Navy for performance of duty . Among the recipients of the Commendation Star was future Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz .   The Navy Commendation Star was placed on the suspension and service ribbon of the World War I Victory Medal , above all battle clasps . When the star was worn on the medal 's service ribbon , the star was placed before all bronze service stars . The Navy Commendation Star was identical to the United States Army Citation Star which also was a inch silver star worn on the World War I Victory Medal to denote a soldier ( or a Marine or Navy corpsman attached to the Second Division ) , was cited for gallantry in action and awarded a citation . Unlike the Citation Star , however , the Navy Commendation Star could not be converted to the Silver Star Medal ( 1932 ) .   At the start of the Second World War , the Navy Commendation Star was declared obsolete and none were issued between 1941 and 1945 . In the 1950s , the Department of the Navy began accepting applications from eligible World War I veterans authorized a Navy Commendation Star for conversion to the Navy Commendation Ribbon with Metal Pendant , and in 1960 , to the Navy Commendation Medal . In 1994 , an authorized Navy Commendation Star could be exchanged for the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal .

neg: List of Italian-American Medal of Honor recipients The following is a list of Italian-American soldiers , sailors , airmen and marines who were awarded the American military 's highest decoration -- the Medal of Honor . The Medal of Honor is bestowed `` for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life , above and beyond the call of duty , in actual combat against an armed enemy force . '' The medal is awarded by the President of the United States on behalf of the Congress .

neg: Awards of the United States Department of State The United States Department of State , like other agencies of the U.S. federal government , gives civilian decorations for outstanding service , sacrifice , or heroism . The criteria for the awards are set down in 3 FAM 4820 - Foreign Affairs Manual , 3 FAM - Personnel , section 3 FAM 4800 Department Awards Program .   State Department awards are broken down into four types : honor awards , achievement awards , service awards , and recognition awards . In addition , there are awards which are no longer given but for which certificates , ribbons , or medals may still be occasionally seen .   The Foreign Affairs Manual described the purpose of Department of State honor awards as to `` bestow recognition on an individual or group who has made a significant contribution to the agency 's mission '' and states that `` The honor awards vary in scope and magnitude . The impact of the act or deed which precipitates the nomination must be carefully examined , and consideration given to whether the act to be recognized benefits the post or bureau , the area , the agency , or the Federal Government as a whole . '' Upon authorization , members of the U.S. military may wear the medal and ribbon in the appropriate order of precedence as a U.S. non-military personal decoration .   As delineated in numerous diplomatic cables describing each one , achievement awards recognize specific service over the previous year in a specific field or job category . The majority of the awards include a certificate , signed by the Secretary of State and a cash bonus . The cash bonuses range from zero to $ 10,000 . Some awards are sponsored by private donors , who are often former members of the Foreign Service . There is a minimum requirement for several valid nominations in a category in order for some awards to be presented ; if there are insufficient nominees or the nominations do not meet a specific threshold , then no award is presented that year . Currently , none of the achievement awards includes a medal set .   Service awards are common for the Armed Forces but are not currently favored by the Director General of the Foreign Service . The Department of State currently awards two service awards , the Secretary 's Career Achievement Award and the Expeditionary Service Award . The Expeditionary Service Award is a new award as of 2011 that recognizes service by Civil and Foreign Service employees in areas designated by the Director General of the Foreign Service .

neg: Mission Robinson Mission Robinson is one of the Bolivarian Missions ( a series of anti-poverty and social welfare programs ) implemented by Hugo Chávez in 2003 . The name `` Robinson '' was given to the Mission in remembrance of the pseudonym adopted during his exile from Spanish America by Venezuelan philosopher and educator Simón Rodríguez ( 1769 -- 1854 ) .   The program uses volunteers to teach reading , writing , and arithmetic to Venezuelan adults who were illiterate . The program is military-civilian in nature , and sends soldiers to , among other places , remote and dangerous locales in order to reach the most undereducated , neglected , and marginalized adult citizens to give them regular schooling and lessons .

neg: List of Jewish Medal of Honor recipients The Medal of Honor was created during the American Civil War and is the highest military decoration presented by the United States government to a member of its armed forces . A recipient must distinguish themselves at the risk of their own life above and beyond the call of duty in action against an enemy of the United States . The medal is presented to the recipient by the President of the United States on behalf of the Congress .   Since it was instituted there have been 3,473 recipients ; at least 27 American Jews have received the Medal of HonorDifferent sources give different numbers and names of recipients ; 29 different recipients are identified as Jewish Americans in the differing references not counting the various aliases used by many of them . for their actions starting in the American Civil War through the Vietnam War . The first two recipients were Henry Heller and David Orbansky who both received it for their actions in 1863 during the American Civil War . Samuel Gross was the only Jewish American Marine to receive the medal for his actions in Fort Riviere , Haiti . The last to receive it was Tibor Rubin in 2005 , who was believed to have been overlooked due to discrimination . His medal was for his actions in the Korean War in 1950 , 55 years before he received the medal .

neg: Brooks Robinson Brooks Calbert Robinson , Jr. ( born May 18 , 1937 ) is an American former professional baseball player . He played his entire 23-year major league career for the Baltimore Orioles ( 1955 -- 1977 ) . He batted and threw right-handed , though he was a natural left-hander . Nicknamed `` The Human Vacuum Cleaner '' or `` Mr. Hoover '' , he is considered one of the greatest defensive third basemen in major league history . He won 16 consecutive Gold Glove Awards during his career , tied with pitcher Jim Kaat for the second-most all-time for any player at any position . Robinson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983 .