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Sancar, Aziz

(Encyclopedia) Sancar, Aziz, 1946–, Turkish-American biochemist and molecular biologist, M.D. Istanbul Univ., 1969, Ph.D. Univ. of Texas at Dallas, 1977. From 1977to 1982, Sancar was a researcher at…

Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Saud, 2002 News

crown prince of Saudi Arabia, put forward a Middle East peace initiative in February in which he proposed that Arab countries would agree to fully normalize relations with Israel if it…

Salman bin Abdul Aziz

(Encyclopedia) Salman bin Abdul Aziz, 1935–, king of Saudi Arabia (2015–), b. Riyadh. Like his predecessor, King Abdullah, he is a son—by a different wife—of Saudi Arabia's founder, Ibn Saud. Salman…

Modrich, Paul Lawrence

(Encyclopedia) Modrich, Paul Lawrence, 1946–, American biochemist and molecular geneticist, b. Raton, N.M., Ph.D. Stanford Univ., 1973. Modrich joined the faculty at the Duke Univ. School of Medicine…

Lindahl, Tomas

(Encyclopedia) Lindahl, Tomas, 1938–, Swedish-born British biochemist, grad. Karolinska Institute (Ph.D. 1967, M.D. 1970). Lindahl was a professor at the Univ. of Gothenburg from 1978 to 1982. In…

Saud

(Encyclopedia) Saud (Saud bin Abd al-Aziz al-Saud)Saudĭˈbən abdäl äzēzˈ ĭˈbən sä&oomacr;dˈ [key], 1902–69, king of Saudi Arabia (1953–64), son of Ibn Saud, brother of Faisal. Saud, who had…

Yamani, Ahmed Zaki

(Encyclopedia) Yamani, Ahmed Zaki, 1930-2031, Saudi Arabian politician, b. Mecca, Saudi Arabia, King Faud I University (B.A., 1951); New York…

Abd al-Majid

(Encyclopedia) Abd al-MajidAbd al-Majidäbˌdäl-mäjēdˈ [key] or AbdülmecitAbdülmecitTurk. äbdülˈ mäjēdˈ [key], 1823–61, Ottoman sultan (1839–61), son and successor of Mahmud II to the throne of the…

Dana Elcar 2005 Deaths

Dana ElcarAge: 77 actor who appeared in the television shows MacGyver and Baa, Baa, Black Sheep. He went blind during the run of MacGyver, and his condition was written into the script. Died…