2008 American Nobel Prize Laureates speak in Washington
Dr. Paul Krugman, winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics, speaks at a symposium on the American Nobel Laureates and how their research will improve life, at the Swedish Embassy in Washington on November 24, 2008. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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