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...steering clear of the venture with Ptashne, the University as a whole cushioned itself, for the time being, against the potential risks of turning knowledge into dollars in the commercial world. But members of the University community have been using their particular expertise to make a buck for several years. In 1974, when harvard rejected participation in a public works project in Saudi Arabia because the government wanted to exclude Jewish emplyees, for example, two professors went ahead to consult on their own with the Saudis. While the Ptashne affair dealt directly with the question of University involvement with...
...flank the central heap. On the shelf labelled Atlantic Monthly sits "The Penguin Book of Comics" and Mickey Mouse waves from the cover of "Gli Anni Ruggenti di Topolino." The Christian Science Monitor shelf contains another volume of Topolino and a coffee-table book entitled "The Collected Works of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century." Then, before Commentary and Consumer Reports, come three shelves labelled "Comix," "Comix Continued" (this one has copies of The Economist), and "You Guessed It." On the first of these is a large, red book called "All in Color for a Dime," a discussion of early...
...author of Buck Ragers told R. Buckminister Fuller that he frequently used Fuller's concepts for his cartoons. Fifty years later, the ideas that Fuller originated still seem right out of sei-fi magazines. Fuller's previous inspirations were mostly technological; now he has coordinated ideas with experience into a blueprint for attaining utopia. He believes that fear of want could destroy the world, and wants to point humanity along the Critical Path before Arrnageddon comes. The weakness and strength of Fuller's book lie in his prognostications--they seem too fantastic, yet at the same time, one does...
...aftermath of John Lennon's murder last December, plenty of people rushed forward to make a quick buck off the Beatles. Author Philip Norman is not among them. His work on this biography dates back to 1968, when he began reporting on the group and their financial empire for the London Sunday Times. After years of research and writing, his project was nearly finished when Lennon was killed. Norman added a sad prologue to his manuscript: "The vigil was for John; the farewell was to all the Beatles...
...eating clubs. Proposals for establishing a room-and-board system akin to Harvard's Houses or Yale's colleges have been and will continue to be discussed. But, at least for the time being, the basis of Princeton's social system intact. A voice from the past. Buck should have the final word. "Bicker," he says of Ivy. "is almost the life's blood of the place...