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TODAY 1745 1783 1786 1791 DAY IN Charles Edward Stuart’s army At Fraunces Tavern in New York Mission Santa Barbara is The first edition of The Observer, HISTORY reaches Derby, its furthest point City, U.S. General George dedicated (on the feast day of the world’s first Sunday during the Second Jacobite Washington bids farewell to his Saint Barbara). newspaper, is published. Rising. officers. all this that earlier this month, ic but ineffectual summits took it signed a far-reaching defence place in Singapore, Vietnam and Wide Angle agreement with China, an act of the Demilitarised Zone between considerable desperation. the two Koreas and the US. The main beneficiary of any All Mr Trump has been able TOP Nobel Prizes and surprises US military drawdown, let alone to extract from Mr Kim is some withdrawal, from South Korea – human remains, possibly of US and even the tensions between soldiers killed in the Korean TWEETS4 Seoul and both Washington War, and a few hostages. There and Tokyo – is, of course, North has been no agreement by North Korea. The raison d’etre of the Korea for nuclear disarmament Pyongyang regime is the expul- and not even an inventory of its 01 sion of US forces from the Korean nuclear assets. JOEL INDRUPATI Peninsula and its reunification Mr Kim is increasingly show- under the Kim dynasty. ing every indication of running Yet if South Korea is one of out of patience waiting for sanc- n December 10 every year, for nearly one the prime examples of how Mr tions relief. North Korea recent- hundred and twenty years, Nobel Prizes Trump’s bullying approach with ly tested new rockets and has Oare being awarded, arguably, to the world’s traditional allies is leading to dis- shown signs of activity at sev - oday, on Interna- greatest men and women in their respective fields. aster, his love-hate relationship eral nuclear weapons centres. Ttional Day of Persons Since 1901, a total of 935 people had become No - with Kim Jong-un is a textbook It appears Mr Kim is ready to with Disabilities we re- bel laureates. And, I thought, a brief retrospective illustration of the pitfalls of his return to a policy of provocations affirm our commitment comment, on this Nobel Prize history would be equally unorthodox approach to if he remains frustrated and he to keep working towards share-worthy. adversaries. does seem to be in a position to an inclusive, accessible Like, for instance, that Marie Curie is the only lady US delegation summarily walked Mr Trump likes to claim that, squeeze Mr Trump, his “beautiful and equitable future for who won twice. Once in Physics (1903) and then, out of the last set of negotiations, had he not been elected in 2016, letters” notwithstanding. our Divyang sisters and again, in Chemistry (1911). apparently in a theatrical gesture the US would have engaged in Bullying allies for extortion brothers. Their fortitude Becoming a bit curious about this Curie, I dug to convey its pique at Seoul balk- nuclear warfare with North Ko- creates senseless crises. Alter- and accomplishments in deeper. And as Curie’s cat, not Schrödinger’s ing at what looks and feels like a rea. That is hyperbole but he did nately threatening and cajoling various fields inspire all (Schrödinger, by the way, also won a Nobel in shakedown. inherit a tense situation from his adversaries, and relying on per- of us. Physics in 1933), I found some startlingly pleasant Underlying all of this, of course, predecessor Barack Obama, who sonality and made-for-television @narendramodi information. is Mr Trump’s long history of in- pointedly told him that Pyong- photo opportunities does nothing Apart from Marie Curie, there are others who won sisting that US troops ought to be yang would be his biggest foreign to extract concessions from hos- 02 the Nobel Prize twice. Linus Pauling received Nobel entirely withdrawn from South policy problem. tile dictators. Prizes in Chemistry (1954) and Peace (1962), John Korea. That is the most obvious Mr Trump’s response to the Both burden-sharing negotia- Bardeen twice, in Physics (1956 and 1972), and Fred- explanation for why he might be ongoing conundrum of North Ko- tions with the South and nuclear erick Sanger twice, in Chemistry (1958 and 1980). making impossible demands on rea’s nuclear weapons and mis- talks with the North expire on And Marie and Pierre Curie’s is, perhaps, the only what is otherwise regarded as a sile development and testing was December 31. Mr Trump doesn’t family that can be correctly called a family of Nobel crucial and trusted ally. Similarly to threaten “fire and fury such as seem to have an alternative plan Laureates. Their daughter, Irene Curie won a Nobel extortionate demands for vastly the world has never seen”. But in either case. Prize, later. increased funding of overseas US then he initiated an affectionate The ineffectiveness of trying he case of Ukraine And, fascinatingly, Irene Joliot nee Curie - like her forces are being made of Japan, dialogue with Mr Kim, even say- to coerce friends while seducing Tis a clear example of father and mother – also shared the Nobel with her among others. ing more than once that the two enemies could backfire in both how the President has husband, Fredric Joliot (Chemistry, 1935). South Korea is so alarmed by had “fallen in love”. Melodramat- halves of the Korean Peninsula. taken advantage of the Like these two couples, another wife-husband public trust and violat- couple Gunnar Myrdal and Alva Myrdal also won ed his oath of office. We Nobel Prizes, but it was not a shared Prize. Gunnar must restore the hones- won it in Economics (1974), and Alva won it for ty, the integrity and the Peace (1982). trust of the presidency. A father-son couple included Sir William Law- And the way to do that is rence Bragg, who at age 25, was the youngest per- through impeachment. son ever to win the Nobel Prize, In Malaysia, disappointment replaces excitement as change arrives slowly @IlhanMN until Malala Yusufzai (Peace, 2014) Marie and Pierre became the youngest by getting the 03 Curie’s is, perhaps, award at 17 years. the only family that Famously, the Nobel Prize was The trouble with that is it warn against “spooking” the Ma- can be correctly refused twice. The French writer requires the non-Malays lays. Jean Paul Satre refused the Prize The trouble with that is it re- called a family of for Literature on the grounds that to walk on eggshells. The quires the non-Malays to walk Nobel Laureates. such honours could interfere with a DAP has been very quiet, on eggshells. The DAP has been Their daughter, writer’s responsibility to his readers. precisely over the fear very quiet, precisely over the fear Irene Curie won a And the Russian writer, Boris Paster- that a government that US that a government that won only o liberals who Nobel Prize, later. nak, the author of Dr Zhivago, was won only a minority of the a minority of the Malay vote can- Dhave spent three forced not to accept it, by the then Malay vote cannot allow not allow the impression that it years fixated on Russian Soviet Government. the impression that it is is dominated by belligerent Chi- meddling in the US have Interestingly, six Indians have dominated by belligerent nese. The “nons”, as they often anything — anything — to won the Nobel Prizes, so far, and in almost every refer to themselves on Malaysian say about Trump admin’s category. Rabindranath Tagore (Literature, 1913), Chinese. websites, believe they are being meddling in democracies C V Raman (Physics, 1930), Mother Teresa (Peace, asked to be even more quiescent across Latin America? 1979), Amartya Sen (Economics, 1998), and Kailash than they were before. @aaronjmate Satyarthi (Peace, 2014). Chemistry Prize has been Unfortunately, this makes evading the Indian subcontinent. sense electorally as no govern- Nobel laureates born in India, but who’d become ment can win by counting purely 04 US or UK citizens are: Hara Gobind Khorana (Medi- deep-seated fear among Malays on non-Malay support; the pro- cine, 1968), Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (Physics, about “never being masters in the portion of the Malay vote is what 1983), Venki Ramakrishnan (Chemistry, 2009), and, only country we can call home”, is most crucial. Demographical- now, Abhijit Banerjee (2019, Economic Sciences) as I have heard it put numerous ly the case is strengthened by will receive his award this week, on 10 December. times. the fact that Malays are making Until 2009, no woman won the award for eco - Historically, parts of the coun- up a gradually increasing per- nomics. Elinor Ostrom became the first woman to try were ruled by the Portuguese, centage of the population. The ust landed in the Unit- receive the prestigious Nobel Memorial Prize in Dutch, British and Thais. On in- ramifications are not theoreti- Jed Kingdom, head- Economic Sciences. dependence, the Malays found cal: rumours have been flying for ing to London for NATO However, it must be pointed out that Robert E. themselves with very large mi- months of secret plans to break meetings tomorrow. Pri- Lucas, who won in 1995, had to, on personal account, norities – the Chinese made up up the ruling coalition and form a or to landing I read the share his Economics prize money with his ex-wife, 40 per cent of the population new government consisting of all Republicans Report on who had her lawyer cleverly insert a clause, to share in 1957, for instance – who had the Malay- and indigenous-based the Impeachment Hoax.

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