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NPR Cultural Programming Receives the National Arts Medal (521 words) |
 | Clinton presented the Medal to NPR President and CEO Kevin Klose during a formal ceremony at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, December 20. |
| The National Medal of Arts honors individuals and organizations who make outstanding contributions to the excellence, growth, support and availability of the arts in the United States. |
| The music was followed by an introduction of the twelve recipients of the National Medal of Arts and the twelve National Humanities Medal honorees. |
| A Medal for Benny (937 words) |
| You never see Benny, because he’s just been killed overseas and is going to be awarded the Medal of Honor. |
| As a matter of fact, Benny has been the big con artist of the village, known as a no good bum by everyone except his father. |
| They bought the TV rights to A Medal for Benny from Paramount, cast me as Joe, cast Carrol in his original role of the father, and a new and up-and-coming young actress named Anne Bancroft as Benny’s fiancée. |
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