Pulitzer party.David Moats's editorials in favor of upon the side of; favorable to; for the advantage of. See also: favor civil unions cost the Rutland [Vt.] Herald some advertisers and subscribers last year. But any hits the 22,000-circulation paper took in 2000 seemed ever so minor after April 16, when Moats was awarded journalism's most prestigious award, the Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer Prize Any of a series of annual prizes awarded by Columbia University for outstanding public service and achievement in American journalism, letters, and music. Fellowships are also awarded. . A first for the state of Vermont, the Pulitzer honored Moats for the role he played in the civil rights battle. "There's been a huge surge of good feeling about the Herald," Moats said. "It's really good for Rutland and really good for Vermont." Moats cut through the caustic caustic, any strongly corrosive chemical substance, especially one that attacks organic matter. A caustic alkali is a metal hydroxide, especially that of an alkali metal; caustic soda is sodium hydroxide, and caustic potash is potassium hydroxide. rhetoric to champion civil unions beginning in December 1990, when the state supreme court ruled that same-sex couples A same-sex couple is a pair of people of the same gender who pursue a romantic or sexual relationship together. The term "same-sex relationship" may be used when the sexual orientation of participants in a same-sex relationship is not known. deserve the same legal benefits that straight couples enjoy. Although still controversial, civil unions became state law last year. Moats won for a selection of 10 of the more than 20 editorials he wrote on the topic. Speaking to The Advocate from Rutland, a working-class town not too far from Vermont's Killington ski area, Moats said he is thrilled thrill v. thrilled, thrill·ing, thrills v.tr. 1. To cause to feel a sudden intense sensation; excite greatly. 2. To give great pleasure to; delight. See Synonyms at enrapture. by the overwhelming support now heading his way. He's received E-mails from as far away as Australia. One note from a man in Louisiana thanked him for "making the world a safer place to be gay." "The effect has been amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. ," Moats said. "I mean, I'm just a guy sitting here alone in this little office. I had no idea I'd reach so many people." Find links to the full text of Moats's Pulitzer Prize--winning civil union editorials at www.advocate.com |
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