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TO THINK MORE DEEPLY. THEY CONNECT OUR PAST TO OUR PRESENT AND POINTED THE WAY TO OUR FUTURE, AND OF
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COURSE THEY ALL HAVE THE RIGHT STUFF. [APPLAUSE] >> HONORING OUR LEADING ARTISTS AND WRITERS COMES NATURALLY TO US. YET ART AND LITERATURE ARE OFTEN THE...
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THIS FREEDOM ARE WHAT AMERICA DEFENDS TODAY. [APPLAUSE] THIS EVENING AS WE CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THESE REMARKABLY TALENTED WOMEN AND MEN, LET...
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JOSE IS WELL KNOWN AND WELL LOVED FOR HIS HISTORICALLY ACCURATE DEPICTIONS OF THE OLD SOUTHWEST. MAJOR, PLEASE READ THE CITATION. >> JOSE CISNEROS, FOR...
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ROBERT COLES IS A SCHOLAR, TEACHER, PSYCHIATRIST, BEST KNOWN FOR HIS SENSITIVE OBSERVATION OF THE INNER LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN. MAJOR, PLEASE READ THE...
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SHARON DARLING, FORMER SCHOOL TEACHER, IS PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAMILY LITERACY. AN ORGANIZATION THAT SPANS THE NATION AND REACHES THOUSANDS...
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WISDOM OF THE WRITTEN WORD TO THEM. >>
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WILLIAM MANCHESTER IS A GIFTED HISTORIAN AND BIOGRAPHER WHO MAKES THE PAST COME ALIVE FOR MILLIONS OF THE READERS. MAJOR, PLEASE READ THE CITATION. >>...
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ONE OF AMERICA'S LITERARY LIONS. [APPLAUSE] >>
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RICHARD PECK HAS WRITTEN MORE THAN 25 NOVELS FOR YOUNGER READERS WHICH STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR ONE'S ACTIONS. MAJOR, PLEASE...
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ELAINE JACKSON SOUTHERN, WHO COULD NOT JOIN US TONIGHT, IS A PIONEERING MUSE COLLEGES WHO HAS HELPED US UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSIC....
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INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSIC. [APPLAUSE] >>
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TOM WOLFE IS A CHRONICLER OF OUR TIMES WHO HAS TOLD US MORE ABOUT OURSELVES THAN MANY SHELVES OF SOCIOLOGY BOOKS. MAJOR, PLEASE READ THE CITATION. >>...
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HIS JOURNALISM BOTH ENLIGHTENS AND ENTERTAINS. [APPLAUSE] >>
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THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION, ESTABLISHED BY CONGRESS IN 1949, HAS WORKED MORE THAN 50 YEARS TO PUT HISTORIC PRESERVATION ON THE NATIONAL...
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TO PROTECT THE IRREPLACEABLE AND TO ENSURE A PERMANENT PLACE FOR THE HISTORIC MEMORIES OF AMERICA'S PAST. >>
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IT IS NOW MY PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT THE 2001 NATIONAL MEDALS OF ARTS WINNERS. RUDOLFO ANAYA, CALLED THE GODFATHER OF CHEE KAHN OWE LITERATURE, HAS WRITTEN...
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CITATION. >> RUDOLFO ANAYA, FOR HIS EXCEPTIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICAN LITERATURE THAT BROUGHT NATIONAL RECOGNITION TO THE TRADITIONS OF THE CHICANO...
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| 00:12:31 |
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JOHNNY CASH, THE MAN IN BLACK. [APPLAUSE] COUNTRY LEGEND AND AMERICAN BELOVED BY MILLIONS. MAJOR, PLEASE READ THE CITATION. >>
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JOHNNY CASH, FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY, FOR HIS REMARKABLE MUSICAL INNOVATIONS THAT DREW FROM FOLK, COUNTRY AND ROCK...
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KIRK DOUGLAS. >> A DISTINGUISHED ACTOR, DIRECTOR, WRITER AND PRODUCER, AND HE HAS BROUGHT US MORE MEMORABLE
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PERFORMANCES ON STAGE AND SCREEN THAN NEARLY ANYBODY ELSE FOR THE PAST 60 YEARS. MAJOR, PLEASE READ THE CITATION. >> KIRK DOUGLAS FOR CREATIVE EXCELLENCE...
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HIS GENEROUS SUPPORT OF HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS. [APPLAUSE] >>
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ELLEN FRANKENTHALER IS AN ABSTRACT --. [APPLAUSE] >> -- IS AN ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST PAINTER WHOSE WORKS COMBINE THOUGHTFULNESS WITH SPONTANEITY, AND...
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WORKS, PAINTED ON THE 21ST STREET, WHICH HANGS IN THE PRIVATE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. MAJOR, PLEASE READ THE CITATION. >> HELEN FRANKENTHALER FOR...
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MODERN ART, INVENTION OF A UNIQUE TECHNIQUE OF COLOR STAINING AND PAINTING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW GROUP OF ARTISTS KNOWN AS THE COLOR FIELD PAINTERS,...
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| 00:15:32 |
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JUDITH JAMISON. SHE'S A MASTER DANCER, TEACHER, CHOREOGRAPHER AND ARTS ADMINISTRATOR WHO HAS
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BEEN A CREATIVE FORCE IN THE DANCE WORLD FOR NEARLY FOUR DECADES. MAJOR, PLEASE READ THE CITATION. >> JUDITH JAMISON FOR HER EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTION...
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YO-YO MA. [APPLAUSE] WORLD RENOWNED CELLIST WHO REPRESENTS THE VERY BEST IN CLASSICAL MUSIC. I TIPPED MY HAND A LITTLE EARLY THERE, BUT LATER ON, THIS...
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WILL BE PERFORMING WITH ANOTHER WORLD RENOWNED FIGURE. MAJOR, PLEASE READ THE CITATION. >> YO-YO MA FOR HIS INCREDIBLE MUSIC TALENT AND ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE....
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MIKE NICHOLS. FOR ENDLESSLY INVENTIVE COMEDIAN, DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER OF STAGE AND SCREEN. MAJOR, PLEASE READ THE CITATION. >> MIKE
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NICHOLS FOR HIS BRILLIANT AND CREATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMEDY, THEATRE AND MOVIE DIRECTION AND PRODUCTION. >>
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THE ALVIN AILIE DANCE FOUNDATION, BEGUN BY MASTER DANCER AND CHOREOGRAPHER ALVIN AILIE IN 1958, TODAY RANKS AS ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS DANCE...
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AND FOR A PASSIONATE COMMITMENT TO THE AMERICAN BLACK EXPERIENCE THAT IS SHARED ON STAGES AROUND THE WORLD. [APPLAUSE] >>
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ALVIN AILIE, CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE]
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AND NOW IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE MY WIFE, THE FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES, LAURA BUSH. >> I WANT TO ADD MY HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS TO...
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WE CLOSE TONIGHT'S CEREMONY WITH A PERFORMANCE BY ONE OF OUR VERY DISTINGUISHED HONOREES, CELLIST YO-YO MA, WHO WILL BE ACCOMPANIED ON PIANO BY ONE OF...
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THERE
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