Word: elementals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Except in government, where pay is usually limited to compensation for expenses, money plays a role in the amount of consulting a professor does. John Kenneth Galbraith, Warburg Professor of Economics looks cynically at those who explain their outside activities in non-monetary terms, identifying "an element of special pleading" in such an argument to "justify the type of activity they do." Professors don't like to discuss financial specifics, except to acknowledge that the pay is good enough to attract people. In economics, for example, consulting can bring in as much as $200 an hour, and one member...
...behalf of the CIA"). We made this request because we concluded that the practices in question are inconsistent with the nature of a university community and the obligations of a member of the academic profession. Covert recruiting by university personnel and its attendant practices bring a new and disturbing element into the relationships among members of the academic community, represent a serious intrusion of the government into our campus classrooms, and violate the privacy of individuals within the community. The use of a professor for operational purposes while he is abroad for academic purposes, suchj as attending a conference...
Meanwhile, the AHA's selection process for a Commencement speaker had narrowed in on Watson; he was invited in March and accepted in early April, Aloian said. But the apparent interest from Reagan added a whole new element. "I personally feel that if the president wants to speak at a university, he should be able to," Van der Eb said. If Reagan wished to speak at Harvard, it was clear, he would be welcomed: Graham T. Allison Jr. '62, dean of the Kennedy School, has had an open invitation to Reagan since he became president. But the only appropriate place...
...conservation is still possible. Said he: "We have shown an extraordinary ability to conserve oil and other forms of energy. Given enough time to install the technology, and to revise old habits, we can expect the gains brought on by conservation to continue and to be a strong additional element, helping to maintain stable real prices...
...surprisingly, the game has outraged more than a few opponents of capital punishment. "Treating the entire subject of killing as entertainment is a sickness that could very well destroy our civilization," says Michael A. Kroll, spokesman for the D.C. Coalition Against the Death Penalty. "The game adds yet another element to our society's growing tendency to trivialize violence and death." Johnson, a writer, and Pramschufer, a printer, are no strangers to trivializing. Their previous board game, Public Assistance: Why Bother Working for a Living, was denounced by various public officials and turned down by several New York City...