More recently, her portrayal of the stony matriarch in A Raisin in the Sun earned her a Tony award.

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"This appears to be this comet's first-ever journey into the inner Solar System and it is expected to pass much closer to the Sun than most comets, " said Tony Farnham of the University of Maryland.

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He wrongly suggests that Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair's former spin doctor, worked for The Sun newspaper, and devotes a lot of space to a criticism of Labour's pitch for aspirational votes, confusing "Mr Galaxy" with the driver of the Ford Sierra Tony Blair famously recalled meeting during the 1992 general election.

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Back in the Sun , its leader column is devoted to a plea for Tony Blair and the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, to end what the paper perceives as a "war" over who should take the credit for the booming economy.

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Inspired by Lorraine Hansberry's classic A Raisin in the Sun, Clybourne Park - a satire about race and class - won a Tony and an Olivier earlier this year, and the Pulitzer Prize for drama last year.

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