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Winning Similes Keen As a Sharpened Eye
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T he time is at hand to announce winners in the Great Simile Contest
of 1994. In Section One, we sought similes for something having to
do with solidity. The $100 prize goes to W. F. Roberts of Otego,
N.Y., who wrote of a woman "whose pie crusts were like plaster
casts."
In Section Two, we invited similes for something having to do
with laughter. A $100 prize goes to Arthur R. Miller of Akron, N.Y.,
who imagined a happy woman: "If her laugh could fill a glass you
would call it champagne."
Section Three was for elementary and middle schools. The $100
prize goes to Mrs. Marie Franckowiak's ...
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Assisting the victims of war: 'nations will learn to work together only by actually working together.' (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration)
Magazine article from: UN Chronicle
; ...years, establishing the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA). Its mandate...signed on behalf of the United States, spoke to his guests...Roosevelt on war relief and rehabilitation, as Director-General...
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Queen Noor Urges Congress to Provide Humanitarian Relief, Rehabilitation to Landmine Survivors
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire
; ...date in current Administration policy. Joining...humanitarian relief for victims...suggested that the United States declare...stockpiled in the United States. "It...by 2004. The United States could...42 African nations; and 17 nations...humanitarian relief, ...
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Pakistan needs US$5.2 billion for earthquake relief, reconstruction, and rehabilitation.
M2 Presswire
; ...earthquake relief, reconstruction, and rehabilitation(C)1994...report by the United Nations on early...equity across rehabilitation efforts...ensuring rehabilitation of vulnerable...Public Administration--US...
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UN: Bridging gap between relief, development crucial inin post-conflict rehabilitation, Committee hears.
M2 Presswire
; ...gap between relief, development...conflict rehabilitation, Committee...conflict rehabilitation, the Observer...Office of the United Nations High Commissioner...another on the United Nations Decade...rights in the administration of justice...
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Ethiopia Orders a Halt To Food Relief in North; Evacuation in War Zone Threatens Millions
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...all foreign relief workers to...Cross, the United Nations and Catholic...Relief and Rehabilitation Commission...Priestley, the United Nations representative...Relief and Rehabilitation Commission...take over administration of the entire...
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Spurgeon M. Keeny Sr., Adviser On International Relief, Dies
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...international relief and rehabilitation problems, died...American Relief Administration in the Soviet...returned to the United States in 1924...worked for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration...
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U.N. control of relief aid limited.(NATION)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...WASHINGTON TIMES Nations will continue...yesterday. The Bush administration, conscious of...called Tsunami Relief," one U.S...World Bank. The United States and most...yesterday that the United Nations will...donors that the United States assembled...term relief and ...
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Remarks following a briefing on Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunamis disaster relief and an exchange with reporters.(Week Ending Friday, January 14, 2005)(Interview)
Newspaper article from: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
; ...and providing relief for the victims...efforts by the United States Government and the United States people...providing for rehabilitation to these affected...Government of the United States is committed...and the United Nations to assess the...what is this ...
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Itch to 'See the World' Led to Relief Work in China
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...Schaler, 91, a relief worker with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration in China in the late...U.N. Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, first...She returned to the United States for health reasons...
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GEORGE W. BUSH HOLDS MEDIA AVAILABILITY FOLLOWING BRIEFING ON TSUNAMI RELIEF
News Wire article from: Political Transcript Wire
; ...BRIEFING ON TSUNAMI RELIEF JANUARY 10...PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES...efforts by the United States government and the United States people...providing for rehabilitation to these affected...and the United Nations to assess the...what is this administration going to ...
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