Nobel Prize Edition

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By Marc Peyser

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Once again the United States dominated--winning in all the sciences, economics, literature--and once again it was not exactly covered like the Olympics. Now if Michael Jordan had won one...

Players Conventional Wisdom N. Mandela ( + ) 10,000 dead since his release. What can they give him if real peace comes? F. W. de Klerk ( + ) The Swedes were nice to you. Take your half and buy a pad there. You'll need it. Salv. Army ( - ) A runner-up for peace prize, but never got close. Better doughnuts for the judges? T. Morrison ( + ) Toni, baby, sure you're angry. But you were always Beloved by the CW. Honest. P. Sharp ( + ) MIT prof shares medicine prize for dis- covery of "split genes." Is a Gap ad next? K. Mullis (+,-) Calif. surfer wins prize for DNA work, seeks dates. Is "split jeans" research next?

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