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Beyond that, the Corporation has thrown out only one other clue. In a statement released Monday, they announced that, at present, they are looking for a man "with a primary academic commitment," i.e., no politicians, businessmen, television personalities, or persons who would like to use Harvard's presidency as a spring-board to bigger and better things...
Beyond that, the Corporation has thrown out only one other clue. In a statement released today, they announced that, at present, they are looking for a man "with a primary academic commitment," i. e., no politicians, businessmen, television personalities, or persons who would like to use Harvard's presidency as a springboard to bigger and better things...
Original Position. While the scientists argued, Behunin discovered another important clue. This time he spotted what he thought were petrified twigs. Tidwell quickly identified them as roots of ancient palms. Furthermore, he noted that the roots were embedded in the sandstone in what was undoubtedly their original growth position. "This clinched it for us," Tidwell recalls. "There could now be no doubt that palm trees were growing in these sediments when they were being laid down and that the flowering plants had already established a foothold 150 million years...
...Workers, and its largest manufacturing industry. After seven weeks of preliminary bargaining, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler this week will make separate but almost simultaneous pay-and-fringe-benefit offers to the U.A.W., covering the next three years. The size of the automakers' proposals should provide a good clue to whether there will be an auto strike when the current three-year contracts expire Sept. 14. Company and union men seem to agree that only if the offers are substantial-for example, a 10% or more wage increase in the first year -is there much chance that a walkout...
Still, This Man Must Die is no academic fame-dropping mystery, all allusion and no frisson. From the opening footage to the ambiguous fadeout, the viewer is kept one crescendo behind, one clue away. Central to the story is the father's diary, in which he notes his lethal intentions. When the killer is ruthlessly expunged, the mystery has only begun...