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...school to more than 100. Many are graduate students and public servants seeking masters in public policy or public administration. In addition, about 50 mid-career officials from developing nations are enrolled in the Mason Program. Drawn from 42 countries, most of the students already hold or will attain key positions of leadership in their native countries...
Because of the controversy surrounding the academic-industry relationship, many companies are striving to attain "in-house" capacities, which would leave them more self-sufficient and as independent from universities as possible. An official of Biotechnica says that since the company is just now building permanent labs, many of its employees are still maintaining their academic posts. But he adds that after the labs are completed, many of the researchers plan to leave their jobs to join the company full-time. Although the companies are drawing away some untenured professors, post-docs, and technicians, most professors believe that universities...
...attain this subtlety in computer reasoning and logic, SUMEX programmers spent hundreds of hours with physicians in an effort to understand the thought process that led them to certain diagnoses. For PUFF, programmers observed Dr. Fallat for three months as he analyzed some 100 pulmonary cases. The resulting program, says its model, in effect represents "the cloning of Bob Fallat." M.I.T. Computer Expert Peter Szolovits and his colleagues examined 15 doctors' thought processes over a year to program his Digital Equipment PDP-10 computer. "We don't believe we understand their analytic behavior until we write a computer...
...anarchy have produced a political culture of cynicism in Argentina. What is right is all too often what can be got away with. In that context, many if not most Argentines regard fulfillment of their historical claim to the Falklands as more important than the means used to attain it. Even though the population has become increasingly restive after six years of military rule, the junta enjoys solid public support for its stand on the Falklands...
...constitution drafted by a dozen or so interested students and a referendum chiefly organized by one and challenged by another does not seem like the type of solid foundation necessary for a government to eventually attain success. While a new student government realistically can not be expected to immediately become effective and responsive, it must at the very least generate legitimate interest in the beginning, interest that will hopefully translate into commitment in the future. The referendum in March demonstrated there was no strong sentiment in any direction toward the new plan. Think about it: 42 percent of the campus...