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...suggestion that we should employ here a procedure comparable to that required by the necessities of secret government work and investigate the loyalty of our staff is utterly repugnant to my concept of a university,” he added...
Lewis observed in a February memorandum addressed to Kirby that “many internal observers of the Harvard scene” employ “hydraulic and mechanical metaphors” to explain how students’ energies should be focused on academics...
...beginning of every final exam period for the past half-century, The Crimson has run the same humorous op-ed by Donald S. Carswell ’50 about how to “Beat the System.” With whimsical suggestions on how to successfully employ the “vague generality” and the “overpowering assumption,” Carswell instructs his fellow slacker classmates (and, thanks to The Crimson’s gratuitous semesterly reprinting, countless future slackers) on the best way to pass a Harvard final without really studying...
Uday lived at the center of a complex universe of ciphers and rituals that he concocted. He assigned code names for each of the places he frequented: the Boat Club was called 200; the Olympic Committee, 60; al-Abit palace, 111. Those in his employ were assigned numbersthe physiotherapist, 90; the cook, 222. Uday changed these codes every few months, and anyone who forgot the new system was beaten, according to a note written by Uday at the bottom of the most recent code sheet. A family friend says Uday, like his father, had his staff periodically weighed. If someone...
...companies across the semiconductor industry, which has been mired in the worst economic slump in its history. Semiconductors are the fuel of the modern world of communications; they run everything from your computer to the airbag in your car. They are also big business; in Europe, semiconductor manufacturers employ at least 100,000 people, according to industry estimates. Thus the slowdown has meant layoffs among the biggest manufacturers: Infineon, Geneva-based STMicroelectronics, the Dutch giant Philips, and others outside Europe like Motorola and Mitsubishi. Worldwide semiconductor sales peaked at $204 billion in 2000, according to World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS...