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...What do you think of President Obama's winning the Nobel Peace Prize? -Chukwunwikezarramu Okumephuna, London I think he deserves it. I think he's really trying to stop nuclear war. I love Obama. You see how cool he is? You see the way he gets off of Air Force One? He kicks that leg just like Richard Roundtree. Ain't no other countries gonna mess with us. And as far as health care is concerned, tell them to put cocoa butter on it. Those old remedies still work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions with Tracy Morgan | 10/15/2009 | See Source »

...Nobel Peace Prize, presented prospectively - a triumph of hope over inexperience - threatens to become a central metaphor of Barack Obama's turbocharged political career. He seems fated to be feted for who he is not (George W. Bush) and who he might turn out to be, but not for things he has actually done. This is dangerous stuff, politically. It almost guarantees disappointment. So the prize presents him with an immediate challenge: How does he go about actually earning it? The foreign policy that Obama favors, patient diplomacy on a multitude of fronts, requires qualities of wisdom, horse-trading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Obama Could Earn His Nobel Prize | 10/15/2009 | See Source »

...think the Nobel Peace Prize was premature.
 
I just don't understand. If there's an award for a person doing good mood music, sure. I'd definitely give Obama two of them. But I thought the Nobel Prize was for great achievements, not just the Peace Prize but in science and literature. I could imagine going in front of the Nobel Committee and saying 'Listen. I've a great idea and I'm going to invent it in two years' time. Will you give me the award?' It doesn't make any sense. In fairness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Former Ireland Prime Minister Bertie Ahern | 10/14/2009 | See Source »

This will be the twelfth consecutive year that Harvard has not been represented among the Economic Sciences category winners of the Nobel Prize since Professor Robert C. Merton won the prize...

Author: By Amira Abulafi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Woman Wins Econ Nobel | 10/13/2009 | See Source »

...Yesterday’s] Nobel Prize is timely, as the economic crisis has taught us that we need to understand much better what goes on within large organizations, and what goes on within organizations is not entirely governed by market forces. This is precisely what the Nobel Prize winners and my colleague Oliver Hart have been researching on over the past three decades,” said Harvard Economics Professor Philippe Aghion yesterday...

Author: By Amira Abulafi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Woman Wins Econ Nobel | 10/13/2009 | See Source »

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