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...unity in the forces governing it. Says Nobel Laureate Sheldon Glashow: "With the discovery, we are at the root of what matter is made of and what the rules are by which elementary constituents are held together." The Reines theory could also explain why earlier experiments had detected a fraction of the expected flood of neutrinos from the nuclear fires of the sun. This had caused some scientists to offer the chilling thought that the sun is cooling. Reines' explanation: the missing neutrinos may have changed flavor...
...Harvard, MIT's relationship with Cambridge over the past decade has been relatively placid. But this is largely due to MIT's propitious location. While Harvard is surrounded by residential areas, MIT is contiguous with primarily industrial land. As a result, its territorial expansion has raised only a fraction of the ruckus caused by Harvard...
Although last season the Dartmouth crew edged the Black and White by a fraction of a second, the Big Green posed no more than a paltry threat to Radcliffe on Saturday, trailing from the start and drifting home in a weak...
...this phrase, Rosovsky invokes the two biggest stumbling blocks to educational reform at Harvard. First, the main agitators for change are invariably students, each of whom attends Harvard for a fraction of its 350-year history. In what amounts to little more than an overnight stay in Cambridge, no student preoccupied with the exigencies of academic life can afford to take on the institution. By the time he has learned the ropes, he has sheepskin in hand and is 'among the company of educated men and women...
...producers enormous potential clout over consuming nations. Explains a top energy official in Washington: "A small refiner, or even a small country, could find itself reliant on a single country for perhaps as much as half its oil deliveries. But the amount might equal no more than a tiny fraction of the producing nation's total exports." European Community officials warn that France and other governments risk "political blackmail" by OPEC members, who may demand payoffs like recognition of the Palestine Liberation Organization as well as top dollar for oil. With their citizens freezing or deprived of gasoline during...