For Burg, the European Union, with borders disappearing and peace spreading, is the ideal model.
Yet since Burg wrote the Hebrew version of his book several years ago, the gleam of the European Union has tarnished.
Walking Away from Zionism
Of German descent, Burg is well equipped to grasp the contradictions of the Israeli psyche.
Central to Burg's book is his discussion of the trial of Adolph Eichmann, the Nazi war criminal who was arrested in Argentina in 1960 and subsequently tried in Jerusalem as one of the chief architects of the "Final Solution".
Holocaust as propaganda weapon
Well, not quite - but BUrg, aged 49, has entered the dubious world of sports memorabilia auctions, where predicting prices is no more certain than using your name to sell clothes.
Think of the best tennis matches of all time and BUrg is bound to figure in your memory.
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"I got into music through skateboard videos,"
Burg excitedly dates.
Make believe
Although he declined to name the designers he has in mind,
Burg said he plans to collaborate with several to capitalize on a number of different styles.
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Thermolysin is used in the synthesis of the artificial sweetener aspartame, says Van den
Burg.
Hot-blooded proteins: heat-loving enzymes stay cool under stress
With
Burg at the helm, Apothecon (the multisource division of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.) has focused solely on serving the retail pharmacist.
Apothecon focuses on serving retail pharmacists
Van der
Burg's team used CA 125 blood tests to detect the recurrence of ovarian tumors in 113 women over an average of seven years.
Chemical tip-off to ovarian cancer
There were a few of them, extremely powerful and necessary; then, the
burgs that emerged in their vicinity provided the dynamism and the strength of business capitalism.
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