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...computer systems that Kung studies break down large problems into smaller pieces and employ a large number of processors to solve these sub-problems...
...would also note that your statement that I was "one of the few officials not on the scene last night" (February 6) reflects a characteristic negativity you employ in reporting about my roles in University activities which is unfounded and inappropriate. For example, you did not report in your Feb. 6 article that I was one of the few University officials who actually made a statement as part of the rally...
...authors shamelessly employ the volatile topic of race to pose Boston and the Celtics as inextricably linked symbols of bigotry. The Celtics are the white franchise the NBA needs in an increasingly Black league, according to Araton and Bondy, and Irish Boston is the white franchise's most logical home...
...could possibly need such precision? Practically everyone, indirectly at least. Telephone and computer networks rely on atomic clocks to synchronize the flow of trillions of bits of information, thus avoiding mammoth electronic logjams. TV and radio stations use the clocks to time their broadcasts. The armed forces employ them in satellite-based navigation systems and smart- missile guidance. And scientists depend on atomic clocks to help track the almost imperceptible motions of continents across the surface of the earth and galaxies and stars across...
DESPITE CHARGES of authoritarianism, Gorbachev's record in office entitles him to ask for the necessary authority to enact a reform program that eventually should employ the creation of a market economy in the Soviet Union and the establishment of a new federation based on consent rather than coercion. If he should be faulted, it would be on one point: his boundless confidence and ambition to harness his country's potential has led him to ignore an essential aspect of politics--that human beings do not always react the way one believes they will when designing programs for them...