September 29, 2000
October's Nobel Parlor Game Does, in Fact, Have Rules
When October looms, Supreme Court justices stash away their Florida mystery novels, home-run hitters start checking the asterisks, and newspaper literary critics scan their shelves, taking down the contemporary classics.
The imminent Nobel Prize in Literature, usually announced at 8 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on the first Thursday of the month, solemnizes the autumn air, and reportorial rituals commence. On the eve of the big day, the Reuters or Associated Press reporter in Stockholm
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