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Re:Linus Torvalds for Nobel Peace Prize? by RyanMcGreal on Friday November 20, 2009 @01:29PM (#952947)
> Gore started the job of devaluing the prizes

cough cough Henry Kissinger.

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Re:Linus Torvalds for Nobel Peace Prize? by hyperbovine on Friday November 20, 2009 @02:10PM (#953082)
People began laughing when they didn't award Gandhi, and haven't really stopped since.
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Re:Linus Torvalds for Nobel Peace Prize? by s-phi-nl on Friday November 20, 2009 @06:27PM (#953730)
The prize committee did declare that there was "no suitable living candidate" the year after Gandhi died.
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Re:Linus Torvalds for Nobel Peace Prize? by uriel on Friday November 20, 2009 @08:38PM (#953945)
That was after they had refused to give him the award for a few years.
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