The Newest Nobels

Professor Hideki Shirakawa is congratulated by Nobel laureates after receiving the Nobel Prize in chemistry from the Swedish King, Carl XVI Gustaf, in Stockholm, Sweden
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Professor Hideki Shirakawa, center, is congratulated by other Nobel laureates after receiving the Nobel Prize in chemistry from the Swedish King, Carl XVI Gustaf, at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden

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