US actor Leonard Nimoy, who played Mr Spock in the cult sci-fi series Star
Trek, has died at the age of 83 in Los Angeles, his family says.

His son, Adam, said he died of end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease on Friday morning.

Nimoy had a long career as both an actor and director.

However he was best known for his portrayal of the half-human, half-Vulcan
character in both the TV franchise and series of films.

Last year, the actor revealed he was suffering from chronic lung disease,
despite stopping smoking more than 20 years ago.

It was reported earlier this w

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是耶鲁的古籍善本图书馆（Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library）颁发的一个文
学奖，由两个作家（Donald Windham and Sandy M. Campbell）捐款创办，鼓励独立创
作的作家，为他们略解经济之忧。无需申请，资深审委会一言决定。

奖项本身可能不很出名，我就是好奇这几位得奖者，一个都不认识……你们认识吗：
http://news.yale.edu/sites/default/files/imce/Windham-Campbell-2015-
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The 2015 winners are: in fiction, Teju Cole, Helon Habila, and Ivan
Vladislavić; in non-fiction, Edmund de Waal, Geoff Dyer, and John
Jeremiah Sullivan; and in drama, Jackie Sibblies Drury, Helen
Edmundson, an

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以前一直听说耶鲁的春晚质量好，昨晚第一次看，的确不错。你们最喜欢哪个节目？我
来唠叨一下我的喜好。

先是主持都很不错，自然大方。上海女孩漂亮，厦门男孩清秀，老外主持的中文很溜
很京腔。那几个唱相声的老外也是一口京片子。为啥学中文的老外都是京片子？

其次是几支唱歌的节目都不错。哈佛那一对号称旭日阳刚的组合，吉他弹得稍弱，《故
乡的云》的“归 来吧”当中有点断气，似乎处理不当；不过自创的《未名》歌很有年
轻海外学子迷茫又理想的校园情调。这和后来清华的刘洪强唱的《老男孩》有异曲同工
之处。清华果然出歌手，以前只知道水木年华，不知道刘洪强这个平衡木演唱组。主持
人一口一个强哥，说他在去年耶鲁的卡拉O

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