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What's missing from all these solutions is something that would give responsible parties more specific guidance about which Internet material is appropriate and which is not. Earlier this month a consortium of information-highway companies that includes Microsoft, Progressive Networks and Netscape announced a plan that should help. By year's end the consortium is expected to come up with a rating system akin to the one used for movies. Anyone for a nice G-rated Web site...
...also discusses the possibility of organizinga consortium of Boston universities--perhapsmodelled after similar groups in smaller towns--tocome together in their efforts to helpunderprivileged youths in the inner city...
...exhibit will be on display until October 10, and is sponsored by Parks Canada and the U.S. National Park Service in cooperation with a consortium of New England historical institutions...
...dedicated to spawning new high-yield varieties of bug-resistant wheat, potatoes, sunflowers and sugar beets. There the Northern Crop Sciences Lab, the Biosciences Research Laboratory and the Wheat Quality Laboratory attract millions each year in research grants. Nearby, the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute and the Mountain-Plains Consortium perform Washington-sanctioned studies on guardrails and scenic byways. N.D.S.U. grew so fast in the 1980s under the pork-barreling patronage of then Senator Quentin Burdick that local wags dubbed the campus "Burdickville.'' Now that the spigot may finally dry up, NDSU must look to outside sources for its research...
Part of the library's collection will be transferred to the Harvard Depository and will be available upon request. Students will also have access to books from non-Harvard libraries that are members of the New England Law Library Consortium at no extra cost...