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Lars Onsager
ONSAGER, LARS(b. Oslo, Norway, 27 November 1903; d. Coral Gables. Florida, 5 October 1976)chemistry, physics.In 1968, when the news arrived that Lars Onsager had been awarded the Nobel Prize, the natural question was, βIn physics or in chemisty?β Was it for his solution of the two-dimensional Ising... Read more |
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Marathon
Marathon in ancient Greece, the scene of a victory over the Persians in 490 bc; the modern marathon race (strictly one of 26 miles 38 yards or 42.195 km.) is based on the tradition that a messenger ran from Marathon to Athens (22 miles) with the news, dying with the words ‘Greetings, we... Read more |
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Pulitzer Prizes
Pulitzer Prizes annual awards for achievements in American journalism, letters, and music. The prizes are paid from the income of a fund left by Joseph Pulitzer to the trustees of Columbia Univ. They have been awarded each May since 1917 on the recommendation of an advisory board comprising... Read more |
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William Fredrick Bragg Jr
Billy Bragg Singer, songwriter, activist Galvanized by Margaret Thatcher Made News on College Charts Workers Playtime a Breakthrough Selected discography Sources Briton Billy Bragg began his career as a self-described “hard-core folksinger.” His marriage of the angry,... Read more |
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Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. 4101 Washington AvenueNewport News, Virginia 23607U.S.A.(804) 380-2000Fax: (804) 380-3114 Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Tenneco Inc.Incorporated: 1886 as Chesapeake Dry Dock & ConstructionCo.Employees: 19,950Sales: $1.8 billionSICs: 3731 Ship... Read more |
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Stella Obasanjo
Stella Obasanjo1945β2005 Activist, Nigerian first lady Stella Obasanjo became famous not only for being the first lady of Nigeria, married to Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, but also for being a political activist in her own right, supporting such causes as women's liberation, youth as leaders of... Read more |
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James Barrett Reston
James Barrett Reston (Scotty Reston), 1909-95, American journalist, b. Clydebank, Scotland. His family emigrated to the United States in 1920. After working briefly for the Springfield (Ohio) Daily News, he joined the Associated Press in 1934. He moved to the London bureau of the New York Times ... Read more |
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Ed Gordon
Ed Gordon1960- Television and radio news personality Ed Gordon emerged in the late 1990s as one of the hottest news personalities in the highly competitive business. For many years, Gordon was a leading news anchor for the Black Entertainment Television (BET) network. During his early years with... Read more |
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Douglas Southall Freeman
Douglas Southall Freeman , 1886-1953, American editor and historian, b. Lynchburg, Va. He was editor of the Richmond News Leader from 1915 to 1949, when he retired to devote most of his time to historical writing. An authority on military strategy and on the military history of the Civil War,... Read more |
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EAST TIMOR BISHOP, ACTIVIST SHARE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.(News)
...1996 Peace Prize to a Roman...an exiled activist who have...people of East Timor.'' But...control over East Timor, now...acclaim. The Nobel committee...1989, the Nobel committee...word of ... |
 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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RIGHTS ACTIVISTS WIN PEACE PRIZE : NOBEL PANEL CONDEMNS BRUTALITY IN EAST...
...people - the Nobel committee...conflict in East Timor based on...and the prize awarded Friday...people of East Timor should be...welcomed the news that the...independence activists in ... |
 "The Columbian (Vancouver, WA)")
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EAST TIMOR ACITIVISTS WIN NOBEL PRIZE FOR PEACE
...and an exiled activist won the Nobel Peace Prize today for their...conflict in East Timor, a former...the people of East Timor." The Nobel committee...East ... |
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East Timor Dissidents Win Nobel Peace Prize; Bishop and Exiled Activist Cited...
...the Nobel Peace Prize. Carlos Filipe...spokesman for East Timor's cause since...Recalling previous Nobel laureates Nelson...value of earlier Nobel Peace Prizes given to such...deputy governor of ... |
 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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EAST TIMOR ACTIVISTS WIN PEACE PRIZE.(MAIN)
...the Nobel Peace Prize. The winners...spokesman for East Timor's cause since...Recalling previous Nobel laureates Nelson...value of earlier Nobel Peace Prizes given to such...deputy governor of ... |
 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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BISHOP, ACTIVIST WIN PEACE NOBEL.(NEWS)
...Belo and Jose Ramos-Horta of East Timor won the Nobel Peace Prize today for their work toward a...of persecuting the people of East Timor. ''By awarding this prize...chairman of the prize ... |
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TV TRACK -- Network TV Headlines From Friday, October 11, 1996
...Nobel Peace Prize Awarded To East Timor Rights Activists Peter Jennings...Winner Of Nobel Prize In Economics...Rights In East Timor Peter Jennings...CBS Evening ... |
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Peace prize cites E. Timor efforts // Nobel panel slaps Indonesia in honoring...
...1996 Peace Prize to a Roman...an exiled activist who have struggled...people of East Timor." But the...control over East Timor. East Timor...acclaim. The Nobel ... |
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AP Top News at 7 a.m. EDT
...East Timor (AP) _ East Timorese crowded into the garden of a Nobel Peace Prize winning bishop today...shared the 1996 Nobel prize with fellow East Timor independence ... |
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AP Top News at 6 a.m. EDT
...East Timor (AP) _ East Timorese crowded into the garden of a Nobel Peace Prize winning bishop today...shared the 1996 Nobel prize with fellow East Timor independence ... |
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