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...Buckyball," also in honor of Fuller. "It's named after him because of the similarityof his architectural structure," said Lowell D.Lamb, a member of the team that discovered thesolid form of Carbon 60 at the University ofArizona. "It's the third form of pure crystallinecarbon other than graphite and diamond...
...question of the independence of universities is by no means closed. Diamond cites more recent efforts by the FBI and CIA to keep track of students supporting leftist movements in Latin America...
There are few heroes and little courage to be found in this story, but it is at least a bit heartening to find that the undergraduate editors of The Crimson were among the rare true defenders of academic freedom. It seems from Diamond's account that the FBI Boston field office read The Crimson regularly and clipped relevant articles. In one case, a Crimson article was teletyped directly to Washington headquarters from the Boston office on the day it was published. (This was in the days before fax machines...
...remember this wretched period in our nation's history? Diamond offers a compelling reason in his conclusion: so it will not happen again...
...while Diamond concentrates on the relations between universities and the government, another entire book could be devoted to the growing and troubling influence of corporations on institutions of higher education...