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Still, Harvard will be far behind the early leads of universities like Caltech, MIT and Stanford, which will be hardest hit by the actual and proposed limitations on publication and exchange of research. In April, the presidents of the three universities formally protested the Department of Defense's announcement that it would be more liberal in classifying scientific research as "sensitive," making it subject to greater restrictions in publication. The presidents have met with officials, including Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger '38, says Allan J. Lindstrom, Caltech's sponsored research director...
...between departments is the job market. Overall, academia has become in the last few years a "buyer's market," with too few positions for too many scholars. But the situation varies by field. In the humanities and languages--south of the Yard, as Whitla says--young teachers are reportedly hardest off. "I was very pleased to get this job," says one assistant professor. "I had trouble finding a job...I try to operate in a way that will make it easier for me to find another...
...also pointed to Asian Americans as those "who take the hardest courses, do very well and are our best musical instrumentalists. But few of them hold their own on the interior line in football," he said...
...Wall Street, investors began battering bank stocks. Hardest hit was Manufacturers Hanover, which lost 3% points, or nearly 11% of its value, in a single day of trading. A sharp slump in bank issues helped drive the Dow Jones industrial average to 1103.43, its lowest level in 15 months. In bond trading, prices also sank. Elsewhere, sell-offs rocked the London Stock Exchange, and the high-flying U.S. dollar went into a steep tailspin...
...best game I have," says Carl Hutter, 7, an ace from Carson City, Nev., who once flew the simulator from New York to Los Angeles. "The hardest part is landing at Chicago at night." Abbott Paine, a pilot from Orange, Calif., praises the program's realism: "The view is terrific. When you turn, the landscape turns...