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Using new techniques and novel materials, scientists have learned to construct permanent magnets of astonishing power. Into a small hunk of fancy alloy, or a little bit of fragile ceramic, they have built all the pulling power of a hefty electromagnet without its awkward current-carrying coils. But in spite of their handiness. the new magnets have a built-in flaw: their pull is permanent. They lack practical versatility because their fierce attraction for iron-bearing metal cannot be turned off at will, unlike the clumsiest electromagnet, which can be controlled by the flick of a switch...
Frederick A. Pennington's seminar, on the Critical Process and the Verbal Construct: Problems in the Structure of Language and the Meaning of Meaning, will not be held in Adams House this semester. Originally permitted to give the seminar in the House on a half-year basis, Pennington was not asked to continue the venture for a second term...
...Wisconsin's Doughboy Industries paid out $10,000 to remodel the ground floor of a top executive's home and $6,000 to construct a swimming pool on the grounds. A lenient court ruled that the company could deduct 95% of the outlays because the executive often entertained customers at home...
Sullivan, a Cambridge real estate developer, ran into opposition from the University two years ago when he tried to construct such an office building on stilts in the middle of Harvard Square...
...Everything I do is in the best interests of the City and the taxpayer," Sullivan explained. After losing his fight to construct the building on stilts, Sullivan sparred last spring with the Metropolitan District Commission over control of river-front property...