On little sleep, Israel's Peres persevered in peace, politics

[WorldNews]

For many years Shimon Peres, who died on Wednesday at the age of 93, got by on very little sleep. Israel's perpetual prophet of peace, Peres held every top job in the cabinet. In interviews and informal chats we had through the years, Peres never abandoned his enthusiasm for the political battlefield, even when it meant enduring the scorn of countrymen who tagged him a dreamer.

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