Sword-swallower Dan Meyer, left, has a sword removed from his throat by a group of Nobel laureates including the 2008 Nobel prize winner in economics Paul Krugman, front right, during a skit at the Ig Nobel prize awards ceremony, on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. , Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

Sword-swallower Dan Meyer, left, has a sword removed from his throat by a group of Nobel laureates including the 2008 Nobel prize winner in economics Paul Krugman, front right, during a skit at the Ig Nobel prize awards ceremony, on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. , Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009.

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  3. Drew Faust, President of Harvard University, sits for an interview at the Newseum in Washington, October 2, 2009. The interview was part of the First Draft of History event, held by the Atlantic Magazine and the Aspen Institute to bring together newsmakers, historians and journalists.
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  6. Retired Harvard librarian Sylvia McDowell stands by the gravestone for John Jay Smith at the Forest Hill Cemetery in Boston, Friday Sept. 11, 2009. Smith's marker was rediscovered as part of a project to research well-known African Americans who have been overlooked or forgotten at the cemetery.
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  8. This undated picture provided by Harvard University via the Knoxville News Sentinel shows James Agee in Cambridge, Mass. when he was a student at Harvard. Friday, Nov. 27, 2009 is the 100th anniversary of his birth.
  9. Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman speaks during the World Business Forum in New York October 7, 2009.
  10. Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman smiles during the World Business Forum in New York October 7, 2009.
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  14. Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman speaks at the World Knowledge Forum in Seoul October 14, 2009.
  15. Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman speaks at a press conference during the World Knowledge Forum in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. Krugman said that central banks should fight the urge to raise interest rates until the global economy shows stronger signs of recovery and joblessness begins to decline.
  16. Nobel Memorial Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman speaks in a press conference during the World Knowledge Forum in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009.

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