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...allay fears that academic freedom might be compromised by the agreement. MGH officials arranged for safeguards, including a guarantee that investigators in the new molecular biology department be able to choose their own research projects and that they have freedom to control the time and place for announcing their findings to the public, without interference from Hoechst. "Research will be sponsored, but not directed by the company," Dr. Charles A. Sanders, director of MGH. assured...
...addition to the cost of energy and debt repayment, have fueled Israel's economic crisis. In 1980 the country's military security cost $5.4 billion, fully 31% of the $17.7 billion budget-and that does not count $1.4 billion in military aid from the U.S. to allay losses from the peace treaty with Egypt. Israel's war machine is formidable. The Israel Defense Forces (I.D.F.) has grown immensely since the traumatic weeks of the 1973 October War. The armed forces now number 169,000, with 252,000 reservists ready to report on 24 to 48 hours...
During the interval the Administration hopes to negotiate restrictions on how the Saudis can use the planes. These guarantees might allay the fears of some congressional supporters of Israel, and put pressure on Republicans who have misgivings about the sale but are equally dismayed by the thought of handing their President a major foreign policy defeat...
...writing to correct errors stated in William F. Hammond's editorial piece on the History Department's revision of sophomore tutorial. I should also like to allay any fears and suspicions aroused by the article about the History Department's intentions and goodwill...
...more than fat students or similar groups--deserves the protection of an explicit nondiscrimination policy. Unlike minority applicants for admission to the College, gay students may feel reluctant to enumerate their gay-related activities on an application. A policy forbidding discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation would help allay this fear--along with the physical fear many gay students say they feel on campus...