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A United Nations observance marking the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the dignity owed to every person.
A day for the thing remembered at the door, bought before closing, delivered before supper, or rescued just in time.
Alfred Nobel invented dynamite and then established a prize for peace. The United States has won more Nobel Prizes than any other country. The first American to win was Theodore Roosevelt, for peace, in 1906. The most controversial American winner was Henry Kissinger, also for peace, in 1973. The Nobel Prize is worth about $1 million. The money is less important than the phone call from Stockholm at 5 AM.