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It's origin is unknown, but Oxford's tradition is still `ducky'.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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OXFORD, England _ It didn't walk like a duck. It didn't quack like a duck. In fact, it couldn't walk or quack at all.
But to the 118 brilliant minds marching around All Souls College, the most exclusive of Oxford University's exclusive precincts, the wooden decoy they trouped along after Sunday night was definitely a mallard.
As they have in the first year of every century, the college's current and former fellows "hunted" the fictitious fowl in a torchlit procession through its medieval stone quadrangles. Dressed in black ties, caps and gowns, they merrily ...
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Nobel callings // The university's ranks yield 61 winners of the prestigious prize
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; ...Economic Sciences, 1972, with Sir John R. Hicks George Wells...Physics, 1937, with Sir George Paget Thomson Edward...with Henrik Carl Peter Dam Sir John Carew Eccles, Physiology...Medicine, 1963, with Sir Alan Lloyd Hodgkin and Sir Andrew Fielding...
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Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine.
News Wire article from: United Press International
; ...Hunt, United Kingdom; Sir Paul M. Nurse, United...United States. 1988 -- Sir James W. Black, United...United States. 1970 -- Sir Bernard Katz, United Kingdom...Carew Eccles, Australia; Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, United Kingdom; Andrew...
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NOBEL PRIZES IN PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE
News Wire article from: United Press International
; ...Hunt, United Kingdom; Sir Paul M. Nurse, United...United States. 1988 -- Sir James W. Black, United...United States. 1970 -- Sir Bernard Katz, United Kingdom...Carew Eccles, Australia; Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, United Kingdom; Andrew...
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LIST OF NOBEL WINNERS FOR MEDICINE
News Wire article from: United Press International
; ...Varmus, United States. 1988 -- Sir James W. Black, United Kingdom...United States. 1970 -- Sir Bernard Katz, United Kingdom...Feodor Lynen, Germany. 1963 -- Sir John Carew Eccles, Australia; Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, United Kingdom; Andrew Fielding...
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Birthdays
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...TODAY: Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Ashmore, 74; The Hon Sir Clive Bossom Bt, former...Newens, MEP, 65; Sir Michael Nicholson...former chairman, Lloyd's, 77; Lord Gibson...53; Professor Sir Alan Hodgkin, former Master, Trinity...
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Birthdays: 5th February 1996
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...comedian, 77; Maj-Gen Sir Simon Cooper, Master of...Findlay, former chairman, Lloyd's, 78; Lord Gibson...novelist, 54; Professor Sir Alan Hodgkin, former Master, Trinity...and Food, 51; General Sir Geoffrey Howlett, chairman...
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Going for a gong? Don't bother
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...machine, oiled by Sir Robert Fellows, the...The appointment of Sir John Gielgud to OM...First World War by Lloyd George, who saw the...also created by Lloyd George in 1917. This...aircraft designer) Sir Alan Hodgkin (Nobel laureate in...
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