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...project announced Thursday has been hailed by academics as a breakthrough in CIA-university relations because the agency has agreed to abandon its usual contract terms and meet Harvard's strict guidelines on keeping research independent of sponsor control. Yet the comments made yesterday by K-School Academic Dean Albert Carnesale indicate that there is concern that the work of the $1.2 million dollar project be kept clear of all agency influence...

Author: By Noam S. Cohen, | Title: K-School To Limit Role of CIA Researcher | 12/5/1987 | See Source »

...suddenly, we are expected to abandon our notions of civilized decorum and run amok like some base creature of the wild. Abandoning basic norms of human behavior is no problem for most, but even if this initial obstacle can be overcome, the road to a successful, "call waiting" experience remains fraught with danger...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: The Waiting is the Hardest Part | 12/3/1987 | See Source »

...Curia sisters say, "We find courage in the knowledge that we are not the opressors and that we have commited our lives to fighting the oppression of oursleves as well as others." One hopes that Bell does not abandon his search for a new way of talking about civil rights and that And We Are Not Saved marks the beginnings of a legal movement that forces Americans finally to realize their own ideals...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: For Whom the Bell Tolls | 11/16/1987 | See Source »

...began last week, further stalemate seemed all but certain. Indeed, at the end of the session, Spanish officials announced they would not "automatically renew" the current military treaty. That means a new pact will have to be worked out by next May or the U.S. will be forced to abandon installations it has occupied since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diplomacy: Will Planes in Spain Remain? | 11/16/1987 | See Source »

...sliding U.S. dollar, which fell 2% to 3% last week against major trading currencies. At one point the dollar traded in New York at 137.20 yen, a 40-year low, and 1.721 West German marks, the lowest in seven years. The drop apparently represented a Reagan Administration plan to abandon its policy of holding the currency steady in favor of allowing it to enter a managed decline. Many economists believe the dollar must fall 10% or more to help ease the U.S. trade deficit by making American goods more competitively priced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Crash: Riding Out the Aftershocks | 11/9/1987 | See Source »

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