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...Pope. But could it be true? Not likely?not on the opening day of the largest, most complex gathering of Cardinal electors in the long pageant of papal elections. Sure enough, with dusk beginning to enfold the splendid statues and pillars of the Bernini colonnade, the smoke turned blacker, then gray. Exasperated, the Vatican Radio announcer said, "There is still uncertainty about the color of the smoke." The crowd in St. Peter's Square swelled from 10,000 to 25,000 and then to 50,000 on the off-chance that history was about to be made...
This aspect of IPH is important, Blacker said, because "it is getting harder and harder to get into the academic world...
Lillian F. Blacker, news director for the Medical area, said the program has a "three-pronged initiative." First, the IPH will invite scientists from other universities to come to Harvard to do short-term research projects...
...Blacker said that IPH is interested in attracting senior scientists in the middle of their careers who have already made "significant contributions" to their fields...
Another problem is where to find diesel fuel; fewer than 5% of the nation's gas stations carry it. The diesel still emits more and blacker smoke than a gasoline engine-although, quite surprisingly, the smoke contains fewer polluting hydrocarbons and less carbon monoxide than gasoline exhaust. Finally, there is the matter of price: though quotations have not been firmly fixed, GM expects its diesel cars to sell for $750 to $840 more than an Olds powered by a conventional engine. Is there, nonetheless, a market? Probably. Mercedes-Benz introduced passenger diesels...