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While it is difficult to make generalizations about the University as a whole, it is possible to identify trends in specific fields. The amount of consulting depends on demand. Academics who offer political expertise find that their opportunities depend on the success of their particular political persuasion. "Harvard professors were quite actively involved in the early '60s when a local boy was president," Richard E. Neustadt, Littauer Professor of Public Administration, who worked in the State Department during the Johnson years, notes, adding that "different candidates tend to have different experts on whom they tend to depend." Economits never seem...
...universities depend heavily on donations--from individuals, foundations, corporations, and even governments. Such gifts rarely present a moral problem. But disputes occasionally airse, either because donors seek to achieve improper objectives through their gifts or because they have previously acted in ways that seem reprehensible. Although such controversies have occurred over many decades, little effort has been made to consider the subject with care...
...success of any Dole-Rostenkowski bill will, of course, depend on the cooperation of Rostenkowski. While the Illinois Democrat seems willing to bargain, he cannot do so effectively until his own committee agrees on a common strategy. Right now, says one member, "they are all over the lot." It was no wonder then that Rostenkowski described his first meeting with Treasury Secretary Regan last week as "inconclusive, but not discouraging." The Secretary did not put all his cards on the table, but neither did the Congressman. "Regan was three years, two years, three years," says Rostenkowski. "I was one year...
...follow insanity and go to the woods of New Hampshire? If we evacuate our cities, an adversary would think we were planning a pre-emptive strike, so we would have to wait until the last minute. And you can't tell where the radioactive cloud could go. It would depend on the wind patterns...Drowning is more humane advice than incineration...
...wait at major audio outlets. In the Boston area, the waiting period can be up to 30 days, and some dealers require the full locally discounted price of $170 to reserve the mini-Mozart machine. Says Harvard Square's Tech Hi-Fi Sound Consultant Douglas Corley: "Our sales depend only on how fast they can build them." Some 30 other manufacturers have rushed more than 50 competing models onto the market, ranging from $60 to $300. Some units, like the KLH Solo and Toshiba KT-52, have FM stereo radios, and most accept such accessories as additional headphones, microphones...