Word: byers
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...after the election, sources told the Jersalem Post. Hebron is the last West Bank city under Israeli control, and the only place in theWest Bank where Jews and Arabs live in such close proximity. About 450 Jewish settlers live in six enclaves in the city of 94,000 Palestinians. Byer notes that Peres is feeling pressure on Hebron from all sides: "He has competing pulls on this. He is nervous to get out because it could lead to a disastrously violent situation. On the other hand, he wants to get out to show Israelis the peace process is moving ahead...
...addition, the Office of Naval Research has lowered Stanford's rate by four points during the investigation. According to Robert L. Byer, dean of research at Stanford, each percentage point drop in the indirect cost rate translates into a $750,000 loss for the school each year...
Stanford's Byer says that through "very cost-effective" means, the university can claim the indirect costs of research it is entitled and still retain competitiveness for grants. The school received more than $97 million in reimbursements for overhead expenses in fiscal 1990, according to Stanford Comptroller Franklin G. Riddle...