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Saturday, June 16, 2012
Nobel Prize moments - as Aung San Suu Kyi finally gets to give her Nobel Acceptance Speech after 21 years
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/flowers-and-tears-of-joy-for-suu-kyi/story-fn3dxity-1226397624145
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5ToctbuBtc&feature=related
John Nash's Nobel Acceptance Speech
-- it looks like it's out of the movie, but it is the real moment.
Nobel ceremony flowers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiGSIoguuIM
Much to read from the Atlantic--incld--Friday Night Massacre.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/cq-brown-and-friday-night-massacre/681803/
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https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Famous+Chinese+tenors#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:12005ab7,vid:_d4ap5I_tmk,st:0
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https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/us-sanctions-myanmar-and-russia-firms-arming-junta.html