What's a laureate? A classicist explains the word's roots in
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Just in time for this year’s Nobel Prize announcements, here’s how the symbolism of a plant associated with the god Apollo lives on in modern-day laureates.
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The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul
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What's a laureate? A classicist explains the word's roots in
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Liberalism: The Classical Tradition (1927) (LF ed.)
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Classical Sound Advice: Live Performance Of Mozart's 25th Piano
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Ethics + Religion – Articles, Analysis, Opinion – The Conversation – page 15
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INTERVIEW PI Laureate Wynton Marsalis on Believing in the Music
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Doris Lessing, 94, unconventional novelist, woman - The Boston Globe
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Arts + Culture – Articles, Analysis, Opinion – The Conversation – page 12
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John Cage - Wikipedia
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Local artist profile: On a lighter note with cellist Kristen Miller