Word: awarded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Some contenders for this year's Nobel Peace Prize may have breathed a sigh of relief when they learned the award went to someone else...
After the Norwegian press speculated that exiled Chinese dissidents Wei Jingsheng and Wang Dan were nominees for this year's award, they and their families faced harassment from the Chinese government...
Humanitarian groups hope Wei, Wang and their families may escape further persecution now that the award has been presented to Doctors Without Borders, a group of physicians who revolutionized the field of humanitarian...
...Dragnet, was a big hit in Australia even before the TV show was seen there. Later, when it finally arrived, an Aussie fan came up to Freberg and marveled, "Somebody has gone and built a whole TV show around your record!" For a satirist, that's the Academy Award...
...FINE WINE FROM THE UNTAINTED VINE Both sommeliers and environmentalists have toasted California's award-winning Sanford Winery. For 16 years, vintners Richard and Thekla Sanford have organically produced wines like this Chardonnay, while taking up such conservation causes as preserving local oak woodlands