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Solution to Pippi Långstrump/Pippi Longstocking

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Answer: CARILLONNEURS
by Kevin Wald

Each of these anecdotes (except 7) is an adaptation of the denouement of the Taco Bell $2 bill story. The differing details clue, in addition to a discount, two workers from Bell Labs who won either a Nobel Prize or a Turing Prize, by:

StoryFirst nameFull name Cluing phraseWon forOunceN/TSr/JrYearYr DiffDisc’tResultLetter
1EricEric Betzigvery determinedly gives it a minute examination under the cold lightsuper-resolved fluorescence microscopyunsNSr2014 413C
1YannYann LeCunProfound DiscoveriesDeep LearningounceTJr2018
2ArthurArthur Ashkinlight little grippersoptical tweezersunsNSr2018 211A
2AlfredAlfred Ahofunny film stackerscompilersounceTJr2020
3ClintonClinton J. DavissonshakeswavesunsNSr1937 19118R
3JohnJohn Bardeenlittle radiotransistorunsNJr1956
4WillardWillard S. Boyleprice-matching gizmocharge-coupled deviceunsNSr2009 1129I
4JeffreyJeffrey Ullmanfunny film stackerscompilersounceTJr2020
5RobertRobert Tarjanbunches of instructions and factsalgorithms and data structuresounceTSr1986 12012L
5HorstHorst Störmersemi-lumpy stuff that comes out of the corridorfractional quantum Hall effectunsNJr1998
6StevenSteven Chustops it cold while beamingmethods to cool and trap atoms with laser lightunsNSr1997 12012L
6GeorgeGeorge E. Smithprice-matching gizmocharge-coupled deviceunsNJr2009
7See solution notes below
8RichardRichard Hammingnotices it’s askew and fixes it as per regserror-detecting and error-correcting codesounceTSr1968 18414N
8JohnJohn Hopcroftbunches of instructions and factsalgorithms and data structuresounceTJr1986
9KenKen Thompsonsurgical methodicalnessoperating systemsounceTSr1983 15114N
9RobertRobert B. Laughlinsemi-lumpy stuff that comes out of the corridorfractional quantum Hall effectunsNJr1998
10ArnoArno A. Penziasspacy light coming from behind the little ovencosmic microwave background radiationunsNSr1978 505E
10DennisDennis Ritchiesurgical methodicalnessoperating systemsounceTJr1983
11WalterWalter H. Brattainlittle radiotransistorunsNSr1956 21021U
11PhilipPhilip W. Andersonsilica-and-iron Minecraft buildingelectronic structure of glass and magnetic materialsunsNJr1977
12WilliamWilliam Shockleylittle radiotransistorunsNSr1956 22418R
12RobertRobert W. Wilsonspacy light coming from behind the little ovencosmic microwave background radiationunsNJr1978
13DanielDaniel C. Tsuisemi-lumpy stuff that comes out of the corridorfractional quantum Hall effectunsNSr1998 20119S
13YoshuaYoshua BengioProfound DiscoveriesDeep LearningounceTJr2018

In each pair, take the difference in award year for the two employees, and subtract the discount. The resulting numbers, translated into letters, give CARILL_NNEURS. With the “free doughnut” in the 7th position, we get the answer, CARILLONNEURS.