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The Pulitzer Prizes are a set of awards honoring excellence in journalism and the arts. The prizes     1    (establish)largely due to the efforts of Joseph Pulitzer,who was deeply     2    (interest)in the progress and elevation of journalism. He left money in his 1904 will     3    (fund)the establishment of the prizes,stating that he wanted four awards in journalism,four in letters and drama,one for     4    (educate),and five traveling scholarships. Since the first prizes were awarded in 1917,there have been many winners and some people have won more than once. Past winners include such famous     5    (name)as Eugene O'Neill.     6     O'Neill received the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1957,it was the fourth time he had won it.

There     7    (be)a number of changes to the Pulitzer Prizes over time. Some of these resulted     8     advances in technology. For example,online content from newspaper websites has been allowed in all of the journalism categories since 2006. The Pulitzer Prizes have also expanded to include such categories as photography and music.     9    ,journalism is still what the Pulitzer Prizes are best known for. Today,    10    (win)the Pulitzer Prizes is considered by many to be the highest achievement possible in journalism—just as Pulitzer had intended.

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