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...There has definitely been a shift from a predominant concern with history in Afro-American studies that peaked in the 1970s with several prize-winning books," says Harvard's Afro-Am Department Chair Werner Sollors...
...special protein receptors on the surface of cells. "These receptors reach out and grab cholesterol like a first baseman catching a ball thrown by a shortstop," says Dr. Michael Brown of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, who, with his colleague Dr. Joseph Goldstein, won a Nobel Prize in 1985 for discovering LDL receptors. What happens to excess LDLs that are not taken up by cells? Under normal conditions, these are swept by the bloodstream through the liver, where they are captured by cell receptors. The LDLs are then converted into bile acids, which are ultimately excreted...
...rank of Under Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs, Urquhart, 69, found himself in the middle of virtually every major international crisis. Though he retired 2 1/2 years ago, Urquhart will be in the delegation that will travel to Oslo next week to receive the 1988 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the U.N. for its peacekeeping missions in Lebanon, Cyprus, Afghanistan and other volatile places. His efforts over many years not only in promoting the usefulness of the blue-helmeted U.N. soldiers but also in directly supervising their operations earned him the nickname "Mr. Peacekeeper." In 1986 Urquhart became...
...Brian Urquhart, after 41 years at the United Nations, praises the sudden "outburst of common sense" in the world. Next week his efforts get rewarded when he helps pick up a Nobel Prize...
Sondra K. Gotlieb is a novelist and winner of the 1979 Stephen Leacock Prize for Humour. Her work includes parodies of Washington diplomatic life...