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1999 Pulitzer Prize Board
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front row, left to right: R. Pederson, H. Gates, H. Vendler, D. Goodwin, J. Doston, J. Fuller, E. Seaton; back row, left to right: L. Boccardi, T. Goldstein, W. Safire, G. Rupp, W. Rugaber, J. Risser, A. Barnes, S. Rowe J. Carroll, S. Topping, M. Yarbrough, W. Ketter, P. Steiger

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James V. Risser and Walter Rugaber, co-chairs; Seymour Topping, administrator

Alix M. Freedman

Publication
The Wall Street Journal
Citation
For her reporting that revealed how a controversial chemical sterilization technique was exported by American population control advocates and used on women in Third World countries, a disclosure that prompted significant reforms.
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Categories: Investigative Reporting

Staff

Publication
The New York Times
Citation
For its comprehensive coverage of the bombings of American embassies in Africa, which revealed crucial lapses in intelligence and security.
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Categories: International Reporting

David Hoffman

Publication
The Washington Post
Citation
For his gripping stories on the dangerous legacy of chemical and nuclear weapons in post-communist Russia.
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Categories: International Reporting

Paula Mitchell Marks

Publication
In a Barren Land: American Indian Dispossession and Survival
Publisher
William Morrow and Company
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Categories: History

Eric L. Wee

Publication
The Washington Post
Citation
For his moving account of a Washington lawyer whose collection of postcards helps to preserve his memories of a fleetingly happy childhood.
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Categories: Feature Writing
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