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Alan Brinkley, Dunwalke Associate Professor of American History and a new arrival from MIT, offers an explanation for the phenomenon in Harvard's stellar array of lecturers. Many students undoubtedly choose Harvard because of its renowned faculty. And once here they find a simple correlation: "Usually the famous lecturers are good lecturers," observes Lloyd Gruber '86, who sat in on as many classes as he could during his first shopping period...
Melcher, 58, a veterinarian and ex-Congressman, argues that his contributors represent such a broad array of interests that it would be impossible to cater to them all, even if he were so inclined. He charges that Williams too is benefiting from an out-of-state political-action committee, if indirectly. The National Conservative Political Action Committee has targeted Melcher for defeat and has spent $200,000 in the Montana race...
Precisely how a new C.D.U. government would approach the array of problems that brought down the Schmidt government is not yet clear. Kohl said last week that the new government's first task would be to "put the budget in order, fight unemployment and take charge of the economy," but he offered no details as to how he might accomplish this. Still, the C.D.U. should enjoy widespread public support, at least initially, from West Germans who feel that the time has come for a change of government in Bonn. Schmidt's announcement that the coalition had collapsed sent...
...long the almost unchallenged champion of American computer makers. But as the machines have got smaller and cheaper in recent years, IBM has begun to face new competition from such firms as Digital Equipment Corp., Wang Laboratories and several Japanese companies. As a result, IBM has marketed a broad array of new products like the personal computer, cut prices when necessary and enlisted smaller firms to help write software for its processors...
...boom for personal computers this Christmas season may mean doom for last year's Christmas hit: the video-game machine. Those generally sell for between $125 and $300, but only play games. A small computer has a vast array of other uses. Says Benjamin Rosen, publisher of a widely read industry newsletter: "This is probably the end of the line for straight video games." Arnold Brown, president of the New York consulting firm of Weiner, Edrich, Brown Inc., thinks the game machines could become a consolation prize this Christmas season. Says he: "Some consumers are going to have...