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1997 Nobel Peace laureate Jody Williams, right, laughs when she said she couldn't be a monk like the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB002899" title="Dalai Lama" href="/topic/religion-belief/buddhism/dalai-lama-PECLB002899.topic">Dalai Lama</a>, because she's "a girl," which caused the Dalai Lama to smile at her during the last session of the 12th World Summit of <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="8006070" title="Nobel Prize Awards" href="/topic/arts-culture/nobel-prize-awards-8006070.topic">Nobel Prize</a> Laureates at the Symphony Center in Chicago.
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( Chuck Berman, Chicago Tribune / April 25, 2012 )

1997 Nobel Peace laureate Jody Williams, right, laughs when she said she couldn't be a monk like the Dalai Lama, because she's "a girl," which caused the Dalai Lama to smile at her during the last session of the 12th World Summit of Nobel Prize Laureates at the Symphony Center in Chicago.

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