http://www.newstin.com/us/DORIS_LESSING Organizing the News Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/81018564 On Saturday BBC World Service in partnership with the British Council launches the 11th International Radio Playwriting Competition with the awardwinning Cigarettes And Chocolate by the late writer and film director Anthony... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:15:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/81018564 2008-10-13T13:15:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80805456 "The Last Half Hour of the Day: An Anthology of Stories and Essays That Have Inspired Physicians" -- just released by ACP Press, the book publishing program of the American College of Physicians -- is a collective prescription... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:27:16 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80805456 2008-10-12T17:27:16Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80716869 In honor of Nobel Prize season, here are 15 quick stories about the awards. Robert Lucas, winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Economics for his work on the theory of “rational expectations,” split his $1 million prize with his... Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:42:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80716869 2008-10-11T21:42:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80724350 Last week's announcements of the Nobel Prize winners generated little excitement and some scorn Karol Sikora The prize is a great concept, transcending the murky and ego-riddled world of academic competition. It is still the... Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:05:50 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80724350 2008-10-11T23:05:50Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80747862 Published Date: 12 October 2008 Although it is not quite a joke in the category of the Turner Prize, the Nobel Prize in Literature is rightly regarded with scepticism. The selection process is formulaic and restricted: this is... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80747862 2008-10-12T00:00:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80652274 THE WEEK IN BOOKS AN 'ENGAGE' WINS THE NOBEL, BETTING ON THE BOOKER, AND ISTANBUL GOES TO FRANKFURT Dominique Guiou, John Dugdale and Maya Jaggi guardian.co.uk Saturday October 11 2008 UK This year the Nobel prize for... Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:56:43 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80652274 2008-10-11T09:56:43Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80700791 Today's Highlight: On Oct. 11, 1968, Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo mission, was launched with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn F. Eisele and Walter Cunningham aboard. On this date: In 1779, Polish nobleman Casimir Pulaski,... Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:26:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80700791 2008-10-11T05:26:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80586508 By Associated Press Friday, October 10, 2008 - Added 0m ago For those Americans — and there may not be many — seeking great foreign authors who have yet to be discovered in English, the Nobel Prize judges present a fresh... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:15:02 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80586508 2008-10-10T21:15:02Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80592652 This was written nearly 20 years ago. The young woman on the pavement's edge was facing in, not out on to the street, and she moved about there indecisively, but with a stubborn look. Several times she seemed about to approach... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:40:29 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80592652 2008-10-10T17:40:29Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80640827 Washington Post Staff Writer This year's tip for seekers after the Nobel Prize in Literature: Being "insular" is out. Much better to be like the globe-straddling novelist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, who was named yesterday by... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80640827 2008-10-10T04:00:00Z