laureate
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Little has been heard from the 80-year-old Nobel laureate since she was arrested on the day the armed forces ousted her elected government more than five years ago.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
“Falstaff” is an obvious choice for one of Conlon’s farewell operas — farewell but leaving with the title conductor laureate and the promise for regular returns.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
"It is obvious that trust is eroding, both inside and outside the NPT," Seth Shelden of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, told AFP.
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
He retained the job through 1995, and then became the ensemble’s principal guest conductor until assuming the role of conductor laureate in 2016.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
This time Neylan’s target was Melvin Calvin, a future Nobel laureate who had worked at the Metallurgical Lab in Chicago and then moved to Berkeley to research peacetime applications of medical radioisotopes with John Lawrence.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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Mandela's Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Address
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