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DIED. ABBA EBAN, 87, charismatic Israeli founding father whose skillful diplomacy and eloquent oratory helped build international support for Israel; near Tel Aviv. As ambassador to the U.N. and Washington and then as Israel's longest-serving Foreign Minister, Eban helped persuade the U.N. to approve the 1948 creation of the state and fervently defended Israel's aggressive actions in the pivotal 1967 war. Though he could be glib--he liked to say Palestinians "never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity"--Eban was resolutely dovish, advocating an early land-for-peace deal. More popular with Jews abroad than with...
...Royal Institute of Technology. Savolainen and his colleagues used MTDNA in their study too--in this case, to see how much the genetic material varied within dog populations. Animals from East Asia turned out to have the most variation, suggesting that this group's MTDNA had been around the longest and had had more time to branch into different subtypes. Presumably, then, the dogs arose there...
...longest-running Broadway show, it will close its doors this spring...
...statement, University President Lawrence H. Summers thanked the longest serving of the current deans, calling Clark “a valued counselor and a trusted friend...
...Coming out with six of eight points from the two longest road trips of the year is pretty good,” Harvard junior forward Tim Pettit said...