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One of the award’s recipients, Prof. Meir Feder of Tel Aviv University’s school of engineering, admitted he never expected to win an Oscar.
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An Oscar statue is pictured at the press preview for the 91st Academy Awards Governors Ball in Los Angeles. (AP/Chris Pizzello/Invision)
