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...lieutenants think the time has come to take a much longer step toward a full-fledged market system. Under a plan that went into effect in late 1984, state industry is also run under a contract system. Central planners still set broad production goals, but they directly assign only a portion of raw materials and distribute at fixed prices only a set quota of a factory's output. Managers otherwise are allowed and even required to line up their own suppliers, decide for themselves what to make beyond the goods that must be sold to the state and find buyers...
...Voyager's cameras like a featureless, cloud-covered, blue-green disk. The temporary designation of the new moon, 1985 Ul, seems rather prosaic when compared with Uranus' five other satellites: Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania and Oberon. But that should change this summer when the International Astronomical Union meets to assign permanent names to new discoveries. The I.A.U. might have its work cut out for it. Astronomers think Voyager may soon spot as many as 18 more Uranian moons...
...Digital Photography Flickr flickr.com This public showroom for personal pics just might be the fastest-growing social network on the Web, and it's completely addictive. You upload your images and assign each an identifying tag; these tags help other members find your stuff, and you theirs. You can join groups and create new ones, post comments about particular images and designate favorites. Free membership is limited to 20 megabytes worth of uploads per month. Turn Pro and pay $25 a year for a host of other perks...
...College is also planning to assign an adviser to all incoming freshmen who receive aid from HFAI...
...Kidd, and McLoughlin met with HoCos again to announce a new plan: one central student tailgate at Ohiri Field, incorporating Harvard HoCos, recognized and unrecognized student groups, and Yale groups. According to the updated proposal, the 150 parking spaces around Ohiri Field would be left to the UC to assign on an application basis. Beer trucks would distribute unlimited free draft beer to those with wristbands, and individual vehicles could bring additional drinks, provided they followed Massachussetts’ liquor transportation laws, which limit the amount of alcohol any one car can carry to one gallon pure alcohol total...