Word: academia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Pentagon study released earlier in the month found that government-sponsored research published by scientists in business and academia is regularly acquired by Soviet spy agencies for military...
...most characteristic positions, Bok holds that universities have a social responsibility to inculcate ethical standards as well as academic and practical principles in the classroom. If one had to point to Bok's primary impact on American education, it would almost certainly be his belief that Harvard academia should not be isolated from the modern world. While he often claims that Harvard's mission is education and education alone (a position shared with some who think scholarly work should remain separate from modern culture and politics), he also emphasizes that that mission should reflect the ethical considerations and problems associated...
...dreams of officials at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology come true, and Perot, 54, agress to pay for the use of some of the museum's artifacts (See main story), it will not be the first time Perot has thrown vast sums into academia...
...White House spokesperson says she was not surprised by the events. "People vote their pocketbooks," she says, adding that people in academia, especially students, are sheltered from the monetary problems the rest of America faces...
...deterred, he recalled, by the realization that such novels would be so depressing that no one would read them and that the authors wouldn't be able to finish them anyway. Fortunately, though, Doubting Thomas by Robert Reeves '73 is a stylish exception to such a potential parade of academia's angst...