The nation in brief
Posted: October 8, 2009 at 3:05 a.m.
QUOTE OF THE DAY “I thought it was an elaborate joke. I have friends who play practical jokes. I complimented him on his Swedish accent.” Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, who won a Nobel for chemistry, on the phone caller from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Article, this page
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