Word: dod
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Since this spring, Rep. Gerald B.H. Solomon (R-N.Y.) has introduced a series of amendments in four House bills calling for the end of first Department of Defense (DOD) and now civilian research funds to such schools...
...amendments would only affect schools where the DOD wants to create or maintain a program and the school refuses. Because Harvard ROTC cadets participate in MIT's program, experts say the University is not likely to be affected regardless of the fate of these bills...
However, according to Thurmond spokesperson Chris Kelley Cimko, the Senate version of the bill authorizing DOD spending for fiscal 1997 does not contain a ROTC clause similar to the one in the House version...
...fact, the only group that has not poured forth its support for the plan is the DOD. Gallop says MIT officials gave the government a copy of the revised proposal late this spring, but said the DOD has not responded...
...volume of 330 million shares. The Nasdaq composite index dropped slightly, finishin down 0.07 at 1,012.37. The S & P index fell 1.17 to 558.57. In London, gold closed at $386.45, up $2.45.Photographs: Fuhrman by John McCoy/Pool Weaver by Tom Shanahan/AP USS Roosevelt by DOD Felix by Bob Jordan/AP Mantle by Eric Gay/AP