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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Already, Sommers has tried to change Expos for the better; she's set up internal committees, made up of Expos faculty, to assess department policy. She also says she's putting together a student advisory committee for Expos. The Expos program has little tradition of inclusive decision-making, and could use more faculty involvement. If Sommers continues in this direction, Expos will be a better place to work--and therefore, to learn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Everybody Wins | 1/12/1994 | See Source »

...were buying existing homes at an annual rate of 4.21 million units in November, the fastest pace ever. Now Clinton is about to get a windfall: 1994 is likely to be the year in which the reluctant recovery finally kicks into gear. When TIME gathered six leading economists to assess the 1994 outlook, there was not a Cassandra among them: they foresaw the strongest U.S. growth since the late 1980s combined with continued low inflation and gradually falling unemployment. "I describe my forecast as 'the best of all possible worlds,' " said a buoyant Edward Yardeni, chief economist for the investment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Picking Up Speed: Time's Economists See Healthier Growth in 1994 | 1/10/1994 | See Source »

...Cover writer Paul Gray says the Freud story, like the cover on God, examines a system of thought "that is a matter of belief for millions but is coming under a particularly blistering attack at the moment. My purpose is not to debunk Freud and psychoanalysis but to assess the extent of his cultural legacy, which is vast. It is hard, although it may someday become necessary, to imagine our world without him." Speaking of debunking, Paul's piece is accompanied by a skeptical examination of the "recovered memory" movement, a practical application of Freudian theory. It was written...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Our Readers: Nov. 29, 1993 | 11/29/1993 | See Source »

...University has industrial-sponsored research sponsored by a number of large companies, mostly in the medical area, but not exclusively," he said. "We had a general review of the nature of the agreements--technical, legal analysis, the University's risks...We also tried to assess the major scientific and academic benefits that we get out of having these kinds of sponsors...

Author: By Marion B. Gammill, | Title: In Brief | 11/23/1993 | See Source »

Other concerns included the timing of implementation of the plan, and the lack of specific numbers in the proposal. The resident who raised that concern said, "I can't assess adjectives. I can assess numbers." He asked the committee to provide more specifics in the plan...

Author: By Douglas M. Pravda, | Title: Alewife Development Plan Ready | 11/17/1993 | See Source »

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