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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Miller began his memo to Johnson by pointing out that the Urban Systems Laboratory (USL), M. I. T.'s main center of civilian research, faces a $500,000 shortage in planning for the immediate future...

Author: By Carol R. Sternhell, | Title: M. I. T. Labs to Continue War Research, Says NAC | 10/29/1969 | See Source »

...Faculty vote will allow the Instrumentation and Lincoln Labs to continue with much of their defense work, but will require that they seek government and private support for research on civilian and social problems...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: M. I. T. Professors Vote to Maintain Tie With Defense | 10/25/1969 | See Source »

Founder of the so-called "I-Lab," Draper challenged the recent M. I. T. Corporation decision to refuse weapons contracts and emphasize civilian research related to urban problems. Draper said he feels defense research has a vital role and should not be supplanted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: M. I. T. Lab Head Draper Retires Following Shift in Research Policy | 10/18/1969 | See Source »

...have no objection to starting a laboratory for urban problems," Draper explained. "But why tear down what we've already built up?" He suggested that the lack of funding for civilian projects would force some investigators to leave M. I. T. for more lucrative prospects...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: M. I. T. Lab Head Draper Retires Following Shift in Research Policy | 10/18/1969 | See Source »

...recruiting of the generals and colonels coincides with a basic change in the government's economic thinking. Israel's Zionist founders scorned commerce and were more interested in agriculture and socialist ideology than in industry. Thus the Jewish talent for business was late to bloom in Israel. Civilian managers often lacked the skills to run modern industrial corporations or to deal with foreign investors on anything like equal terms. Lately, the government has concluded that Israel's future security depends almost as much on a strong economy as on a tough army. Last year the gross national...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel: The Generals Mean Business | 10/17/1969 | See Source »

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