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    In his arousing Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech in 1986‚ Elie Wiesel pronounces the importance of “taking sides” and “interfering” when a time of human suffering is upon the world.  He is undeniably correct. People need to stand up for what is right in this world‚ and acknowledge the wrong; they need to take an issue of human persecution and make it “the center of the universe”.     People should fight for others who cannot fight for themselves. They should be the voice others do not have. The

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    Nobel Prize "The said interest shall be divided into five equal parts‚ which shall be apportioned as follows: /- - -/ one part to the person who shall have made the most important discovery or invention within the field of physics ..."(Alfred Nobel). The Nobel Prize was created by a Mr. Alfred Nobel who had accumulated much wealth throughout his life (mostly due to his invention and production of dynamite) and loved learning in all fields. Following his death much of his wealth was put towards

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    Topic: This year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine This year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine is won by two scientists. They are Sir John B. Gurdon from United Kingdom and Prof. Shina Yamanaka from Japan. They both contribute to develop human cell studying. Official Nobel Prize announced that the Prize motivation is "for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent". They discover that mature cells can be converted to stem cells. Sir John B. Gurdon was born in Dippenhall in 1933

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    Text analysis about John Steinbeck’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech Summary The text is John Steinbeck’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech. In his speech he speaks about what literature means to him. In his great love for literature‚ he sees how people don’t appreciate it as much as they used to. He also mentions William Faulkner‚ his predecessor‚ who believed that a tragedy of physical fear‚ has sustained so long‚ that there are no more problems of the human spirit and only heart‚ with conflict

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    Nobel Prize in Literature The Nobel Prize in Literature is considered to be the most prestigious literature prize throughout the world and is awarded since 1901. According to Alfred Nobel’s will‚ it is granted annually to an author from any country who has produced‚ "the most outstanding work in an ideal direction in the field of literature ". The Swedish Academy decides who will receive the prize in any given year. The procedure lasts for a year. At first‚ the members of the Nobel Committee

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    ------------------------------------------------- William Faulkner William Faulkner (September 25‚ 1897 – July 6‚ 1962) was a Nobel Prize-winning American author. One of the most influential writers of the20th century‚ his reputation is based on his novels‚ novellas and short stories. He was also a published poet and an occasional screenwriter. Most of Faulkner’s works are set in his native state of Mississippi. He is considered one of the most important Southern writers along withMark Twain‚ Robert

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    Wangari Maathai expresses her gratitude to the world for her Nobel Peace Prize‚ and also calls her audience to action. Her goal is to convince the world that the environment has much more importance than most people seem to realize. In her speech she begins by expressing her gratitude‚ and persuading her audience that she is worth listening to. Second she discusses the importance of the environment and explains how the Green Belt Movement has helped and changed the world. She then clarifies the

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    comparing the two‚ equally popular approaches to swag. If the reader is unaware of these‚ they need only to turn on the television‚ or pick up a newspaper or popular magazine. We cannot talk of swag and politics without remembering the words of nobel prize winner Kuuipo H. Amster ’political

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    Nobel Prize Founded by Alfred Nobel‚ the Nobel Prize is awarded to candidates in the fields of physics‚ chemistry‚ medicine or physiology‚ literature‚ economic sciences‚ and peace every year since 1901 – except for economic sciences‚ which was introduced as a Nobel Prize in 1968 by the Sveriges Riksbank. On account of World War I and II‚ the Nobel Prize was not awarded only on nine occasions since the established year from 1901. Alfred Nobel‚ a Swedish engineer‚ chemist‚ and philanthropist‚ created

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    The Nobel Prize in Physics 1968 was awarded to Luis Alvarez "for his decisive contributions to elementary particle physics‚ in particular the discovery of a large number of resonance states‚ made possible through his development of the technique of using hydrogen bubble chamber and data analysis". Alvarez’s colleagues sometimes called him the "prize wild idea man" because of the huge range of his activities. He did all kinds of research into the atomic nucleus‚ light‚ electrons‚ radar‚ and so

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