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Nobel winner saved millions from hunger

Source: The Washington Times
Dallas : TX : USA | 2 months ago  
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Scientist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug rose from his childhood on an Iowa farm to develop a type of wheat that helped feed the world, stemming a movement that is credited with saving up to 1 billion people from hunger. Mr. Borlaug, 95, died Saturday from complications of cancer at his Dallas...
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