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David A. Baum of the University of Wisconsin will come to the faculty on July 1, 1994 as an assistant professor, joining Kellogg and Donoghue as part of a series of appointments in the area of plant biology intended to strengthen the discipline after several retirements left slots open in he department, said Gray Professor of Systematic Biology Donald H. Pfister...
...Clinton Administration says it is determined to strengthen international controls. But it has yet to settle on a plan of action, much less begin to persuade friends and foes to go along. In the end, to head off nuclear arms races in various regions of the world the U.S. might have to offer security guarantees to worried governments and threaten to intervene, if necessary, to keep the peace. But that would require an overhaul of its alliance system and a major expansion of its overseas commitments...
...benefits to diversity are manifold and important. By interacting with classmates of different backgrounds, students gain important perspectives and greater tolerance. Women and minority role models strengthen students' self-esteem and diminish the perception and reality of an "old boys' network." Underrepresented groups gain greater opportunities...
Barring some dramatic turn of events, time for the far right is running out. The setting of an election date should significantly strengthen the country's < growing political center. With progress like that, the diehards may be no match for the majority of South Africans, including most whites, who want to put apartheid -- and conflict -- behind them...
...this week's Middle East peace talks on track. According to a Western diplomatic source, the Egyptians learned of Israeli Defense Force plans to enter Lebanon for a week-long siege on Hizballah bases. Egyptian officials believed that if the Israelis went through with such a plan, it would strengthen Arab opposition to the peace talks and derail negotiations. Late Wednesday night Osama El-Baz, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's troubleshooter and confidant, arrived in Israel with a warning to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin that the consequences of such an attack would be dire...