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DIED. ADOLF BUTENANDT, 91, German scientist who won the 1939 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his pioneering work on hormones; in Munich. Beginning in 1929, Butenandt isolated a number of previously unknown sex hormones, including progesterone, which maintains pregnancy. The knowledge of hormonal structure gained from this research made possible the development of the birth-control pill. A Nazi law forced Butenandt to decline his Nobel Prize, which he finally received in 1949. After the war, he helped rebuild Germany's scientific community as head of the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry. DIED. THOMAS MAYNE, 93, Australian industrial chemist...
...instant book, hit stores across the country today, along with a tape version. Presented as his response to the 300,000 people who have written to him in jail, the book was co-authored with Lawrence Schiller, a freelance writer who also collaborated with Norman Mailer on the Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Executioner's Song." O.J. writes: "I could never kill anyone, especially Nicole," and complains of an untrustworthy legal system and a sensationalist and racist media. He says he would "jump in front of a bullet" to protect his ex-wife. Much of the book alternates between letters received...
...Donald Carswell '50 went farther, Inspired by the most noble spirit of giving, he tried to outline a few ways to make this times easier for all of us. His advice piece, "Beating the System," won the Dans Reed Prize in 1951 for excellence in undergraduate writing. The Crimson proudly ran this piece at the beginning of every exams period since 1962, when one grader felt obliged to respond...
Recently defeated Democratic Congressman Dan Glickman of Kansas was tapped by President Clinton to become his new Secretary of Agriculture. With the support of incoming Senate majority leader and fellow Kansan Bob Dole, Glickman is expected to win swift confirmation. His prize: heading a department that faces < major cutbacks and reorganization in the months ahead. The previous Secretary, Mike Espy, left under the cloud of an independent counsel's ethics investigation...
...Labor official admits. The clandestine poll, unlike far more optimistic recent public surveys, had an unusually large sample size of 10,000 respondents. TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer says Laborites expected a popularity bubble after Israel's new peace treaty with Jordan, the granting of the Nobel Peace Prize to Rabin and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and an optimistic economic outlook. Instead, she says, public opinion is dwelling on drawn-out negotiations with Syria, growing tension with an old ally, Egypt, and failures of the peace process with the PLO While there is still time for Labor to recover...