Word: acted
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...tension with the community appears destinedto mount, however, Harvard's work in Washingtonmay become less crucial. The passage lastSeptember of the Higher Education Act, a victoryfor universities and a five-year renewal of highereducation policy, could symbolize the end of anera of lobbying a Republican Congress for moremoney and more freedom...
...Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA), signed into law by President Clinton last year, retroactively extends copyright protections for artistic creations ranging from cartoon characters to literary classics...
...denies, however, that the overlap group inhibited Harvard's ability to act independently, without the approval of the other overlap members...
...result, even more innovation takes place. Massing said patent licensing is a growing source of income for research universities. The passage of the Bayh-Dole Act in 1980 underlies this development. The act allows universities to patent inventions resulting from research that receives federal support...
...unregulated. Unscrupulous companies took the opportunity to include in their products substances, like cocaine, that were likely to make the patients feel better even if they offered no treatment for the original condition. After public protest, championed by publications such as the Ladies' Home Journal, a federal act was passed in 1906. An enforcement agency, known now as the FDA, was established in 1927. An independent body similar to the FDA is now required to assess all the research on cloning...