Nobel Prize 
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11/1/2020
A Kick in the Leg: The Secret, Corrupt Political History of the Nobel Peace Prize
by Unni Turrettini
The Nobel Prize Commiteee has departed from Alfred Nobel's wishes to honor the cause of global demilitarization and disarmament in favor of statements of political favor in the awarding of the Peace Prize.
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SOURCE: The Conversation
2/7/19
Lise Meitner – the forgotten woman of nuclear physics who deserved a Nobel Prize
by Timothy J. Jorgensen
Lise Meitner was left off the publication that eventually led to a Nobel Prize for her colleague.
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SOURCE: NPR
10-13-16
While some are surprised Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize in literature, Sean Wilentz isn't
"Bob Dylan, like many if not most literary greats, is an alchemist. He manages to take materials from here and there and to turn them into something different — to make them larger, to make them his own."
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