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With all the lofty rhetoric floating around the annual Nobel Prize announcements, it's easy to lose sight of a simple truth: The laureates win because they've done something that has changed our everyday lives (or has the potential to), often in surprisingly simple ways. Here's our guide to the latest crop of prizewinners, and what they're really being lauded...
...particularly memorable moment, he held the crowd transfixed with an extended shrill noise, the omnipresent backbeat echoingly nonapparent. The crowd waited desperately for the percussive release, and when it finally came, the place went crazy. Bodies flailed all over the place. The sight of hundreds of maniacal clubbers was truly astounding...
...Hove, held by Kyle Cremarosa, kicked by Robbie Wright, and--for the second straight year-- blocked by Big Red wide receiver Joe Splendorio. As the ball sailed helplessly away from its intended destination, one side of the stadium erupted. The other was gripped by disbelief. It was quite a sight...
Powell, who's lost count of the dads who ran for the hills at the sight of the first dirty diaper, couldn't hold back. "Have you thought about marrying your girlfriend?" he asked, waking up everyone in the courtroom. Being a parent is more than dropping off an occasional check, Powell went on. So if you want a break, show me a commitment...
...walls and towels as big as blankets and where the answer to every question is, "Yes, sir. My pleasure, sir. Right away, sir." Black Lincolns waited at the curb, maitre d's whisked me to secluded corners, and I never saw a bill. Everything was handled quietly, out of sight. I went around for a week with $40 in my pocket, unspent...