He is the first Swede to receive the prize since authors Eyvind Johnson and Harry Martinson shared it in 1974.

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And when I came here three years ago, I told the story of when Lyndon Johnson stood with Harry Truman and signed Medicare into law.

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Also looking to catch the eye of England coach Martin Johnson will be Leicester Tigers trio Tom Varndell, Harry Ellis and Jordan Crane, along with Bath's versatile back Nick Abendanon.

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As historian Fred Siegel has noted, the Kennedy phenomena differed greatly--in both style and substance--from the "lunch pail" liberalism epitomized by President Harry Truman and, to an extent, that of both Lyndon Johnson and his vice president, Hubert Humphrey.

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