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1996 Pulitzer Prize Board
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front row, left to right: M. Yarbrough, S. Bok, P. Kann, J. Konner, L. Boccardi, H. Vendler, E. Seaton; back row, left to right: R. Pederson, S. Rowe, W. Ketter, G. Rupp, G. Overholser, S. Topping, J. Fuller, J. Dotson, W. Safire, W. Rugaber, J. Carroll, J. Risser

Board Lander Sub Title
Peter R. Kann, chair, Seymour Topping, administrator

Staff

Publication
The Baltimore Sun
Citation
For the work of Ginger Thompson and Gary Cohn that disclosed the activities of a Honduran army unit that abducted, tortured and murdered political suspects in the 1980s with the knowledge of the CIA.
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Categories: Public Service

Staff

Publication
The Star Tribune
Citation
For articles revealing questionable favors extended by a local legal publishing company to members of the federal judiciary, including several Supreme court justices.
Location
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Categories: Public Service

Elliott Carter

Publication
Adagio Tenebroso
Citation
Premiered on October 15, 1995, in Birmingham, Ala., by the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
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Categories: Music

Peter Lieberson

Publication
Variations for Violin and Piano
Citation
Premiered on May 28, 1995, at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, S.C.
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Categories: Music

Chris Adams

Publication
The Times-Picayune
Citation
For reporting on widespread Medicaid abuse in the state involving prominent officials.
Location
New Orleans, LA
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Categories: Investigative Reporting
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