Posts Tagged ‘nobel’

Jane Addams A Foe of War and Need

Saturday, May 1st, 2010

At Hull House, in the squalid slums of Chicago's West Side, Jane Addams, a priestess of understanding among neighbors and of peace among nations, kept open hours for prince and pauper alike. It was her shrine and it will remain her monument.

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Jane Addams A Foe of War and Need

In pursuit of censorship (The Nut Graph)

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

MALAYSIANS are no strangers to censorship.

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In pursuit of censorship (The Nut Graph)

Clive Granger, Nobelist, Dies at 74 (New York Times)

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

Mr. Granger was an economist and Nobel laureate whose work revolutionized the way stocks and other fluctuating series of data are analyzed and forecast.

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Clive Granger, Nobelist, Dies at 74 (New York Times)