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...they are to restore peace to the ivory tower. The compact embraces principles of justice, openness and discipline that are meant to form the foundation of a "community of learning." But no seminar or speech or required reading will change overnight the attitudes embedded in a culture that children absorb while growing up. Nor will they easily break the cycle of hate. "If you can't have a university that lives together with some degree of civility and integrity amidst the diversity," asks Boyer, "how can we expect our cities and towns to do the same...
...will help combat global warming. Among other things, the White House has 1) earmarked $1 billion for global climate research next year; 2) committed the U.S. to phasing out production of chlorofluorocarbons, potent greenhouse gases, by the year 2000; and 3) vowed to plant a billion trees, which would absorb CO2 from the air. But Administration officials admit that Bush advanced most of the measures for reasons other than reducing global warming. And environmentalists argue that the Government should do much more to discourage the burning of fossil fuels. Among the possibilities: raise the gasoline tax or use financial incentives...
...study, researchers examined brain samples from some 70 cadavers; half of the subjects had been alcoholics and half had not. The scientists were looking for the so-called dopamine D2 receptor gene, which affects the | capacity of cells to absorb dopamine, one of the brain's chemical transmitters. This gene was one of several suspects that researchers speculated might be an underlying cause of alcoholism. The scientists were amazed to find that the gene was present in 77% of the alcoholics and in only 28% of the nonalcoholics. The association was "surprisingly strong," said Dr. Enoch Gordis, head...
...That's primarily the result of how we were depicted in the press, and I think it's outrageous. The press has to capsulize things that people can absorb. The fact is, Drexel became the major source of capital for industrial companies in the country. Even our worst enemies think only a handful of people did anything wrong, so it's unfair to the vast majority of people at Drexel to lump them into a two-word tag line. The damage that's been done is absolutely unjustified. We grew quickly and we stepped on toes...
...from the West, but they have widened their scope and deepened their activities; as Moscow tries to pump up perestroika with the technology and expertise of the West, its agents are busier than ever researching U.S. Government policy in the Library of Congress and cozying up to capitalists to absorb their management secrets...