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March 18, 2008Danish American Society Man of the Year Gala
 The Danish American Society will be honoring Morten Andersen, NFL Kicker, as 2008 Man of the Year, on May 9, in New York City, at a Gala Dinner at the Loeb Boathouse in Central Park.
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January 1, 2006Danish American Society Man of the Year Gala
 The Danish American Society honored Ambassador John L. Loeb, Jr., former Ambassador to Denmark, as 2005 Man of the Year, on November 11, in New York City, at a Gala Dinner at the Cipriani Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center.
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June 12, 2001GLIMT AF EN DANSKER
 Filmskaber Zentropa har fundet en god historie om den i Danmark forholdsvis ukendte Jacob Riis fra Ribe, som for 130 år siden udvandrede til USA og her skabte sig et stort navn som en social reformer.
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March 16, 2000MÆRSK SVINGEDE PRÆSIDENTEN
 Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller er en galant herre. Han lykønskede den nyvalgte præsident for Danish American Society, Line Normann, med et håndkys, da var til fest i New York.
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March 13, 2000MÆRSK HÆDRET I AMERIKA
 To dansk-amerikanske organisationer hædrede Mærsk Mc-Kinney.
NEW YORK - Hyldensten var ægte og dybfølt i begge retninger. Den dansk-amerikanske samfund hædrede Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller som Århundrets Mand, og Hr. Møller benyttede lejligheden til endnu engang at erklære sin respekt og beundring for USA og amerikanerne, som han fik et saa nært forhold til under sit syv år lange ophold i landet omkring Anden Verdenskrig.
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March 10, 2000ÅRHUNDREDETS DANSKER i USA
 Igen-igen: også dansk-amerikanerne synes, at Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller er dette århundredes største dansker.
NEW YORK - En udnævnelse kommer sjældent alene. Således er det ikke kun i Danmarks erhverskredse, at Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller fremstår som dette århundredes mest markante erhversskikkelse. Heller ikke i det danske samfund i USA har man glemt, hvordan unge Møller stævnede ind i New York nogenlunde samtidig med Anden Verdenskrigs udbrud for at styre rederiet igennem dette århundredes værste udenrigspolitiske storm.
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June 6, 1986DANCE: 'TANGLED NIGHT,' A PREMIERE
 ONE of Martha Graham's most successful recent works has been ''Acts of Light.'' This was the first time Miss Graham used the music by the Danish composer Carl Nielsen, and the work was commissioned in part in 1981 by Edward H. Michaelsen, a Danish-American business executive who is vice chairman of the Graham Dance Company's board.
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June 11, 1983DANCE: GRAHAM COMPANY AND DANCE SHARE THE STAGE
 The Martha Graham Dance Company and members of the Royal Danish Ballet made their only New York appearances of the season when they shared a performance Wednesday night in Carnegie Hall. The occasion was a benefit arranged by the Danish American Society for the establishment of an exchange scholarship program for Danish and American students of the performing arts.
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