ConocoPhillips, which is active in the Russian Arctic and is bidding to drill for oil in the Canadian North, supports ratification of the treaty, said spokesman Charlie Rowton.
According to USA Today, among the well-wishers on August 4th, when Mr Bonds tied Mr Aaron's record, was Victor Conte, who professed "a feeling of happiness for him and his family".
Laurence Urdang, a prolific lexicographer who had a hand in more than 100 dictionaries and other reference books, died on Thursday in Branford, Conn. He was 81 and lived in Old Lyme, Conn.