(WA) Well, in answer to your question, several women actively participated in the Civil War. The one that comes immediately to mind is Mary Walker. She's important because she's the only woman ever to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. As

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US Congressional Gold Medal Program Has Long History Aung San Suu Kyi is the latest recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal, the nation's highest civilian award. Congress bestows the honor on an individual for a distinguished contribution or a life

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BOGOTA, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Colombia on Tuesday honored its top athletes, including Olympic gold medal winner Mariana Pajon and soccer star Radamel Falcao Garcia. Pajon, winner of the BMX cycling competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games, received

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今天我们要学的词是celebrated。Celebrated, 意思是著名的。美国国会将最高平民荣誉、国会金质奖章授予美国四位著名宇航员, U.S. Congress has awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to four celebrated American ast

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By Paula Wolfson White House 17 May 2006 Members of the 2006 U.S. Winter Olympic and Paralympic teams were honored Wednesday by President Bush. They gathered at the White House for a reunion and some

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Topics: Jaws; The Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Congressional Gold Star, and the Medal of Honor; to go in versus to go into versus to get in versus to get into; overwhelming; off-kilter Words: jaw shark resort town breakthrough score suspense se

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