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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...very hard to blame them. Professors who feel they're contributing to scientific progress while making a buck don't like to be told they should stick to University activities. After all, private industry does boast far more advanced equipment than even the richest of universites. The notion of universities spearheading the quest for scientific advance is romantic, but it simply doesn't always happen that way. The 5 per cent of faculty members who choose not to disclose their outside lives--one expert's educated guess of the rate of noncompliance--may just be the ones who forge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On the Cutting Edge | 10/10/1981 | See Source »

Despite the absence of injured stalwarts Buck Logan and Eric Schuler and sub-par performances by veterans Andy Regan, Peter Johnson and Bruce Weber, the harriers not only managed a victory in the damp, raw air, but "smashed the hell out of them," as coach Bill McCurdy said afterward...

Author: By Daniel S. Benjamin, | Title: Harriers Win Opener, Crush Northeastern, 23-34 | 9/21/1981 | See Source »

...most states inclined to buck the antiregulation trend. In Texas, for example, consumerists could hardly get committee hearings this year for their bills, and fought a rear-guard action to prevent weakening of existing laws. The budget signed into law this summer by Massachusetts Governor Edward King eliminates that state's consumer council...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Let the Buyers Beware | 9/21/1981 | See Source »

...Buck Logan, a premier distance runner, one of the best in the East, and "certainly our best," according to McCurdy, is already lost for the fall due to an achilles tendon problem. While Logan is the only harrier sidelined for the season at this point, Harvard has few top-flight distance runners returning who have not been handicapped by injury...

Author: By Howard N. Mead, | Title: Walking Wounded Try to Run | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

Brand extension is basically a way to get more sales bang for the marketing buck. Experts say it now costs $30 million or more in advertising and marketing to launch a new brand nationwide, and just one item in ten survives. By presenting buyers with a familiar name, companies generally increase the chances of success. Says Edward Tauber, a University of Southern California marketing professor: "It's a method for a company to enter a new business through the lever age of its most valuable asset-the consumer awareness, good will and impressions conveyed by its brand name." Deere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Name Game | 8/31/1981 | See Source »

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