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Some geologists, including Paul Hoffman, a research scientist at the Geological Survey of Canada, believe that the new map could point the way to valuable mineral discoveries. If the theory proves correct, silver, copper and zinc (all found in eastern Australia) should also turn up in northwestern Canada. But scientists caution that before anybody rushes out with a prospector's pick, research must confirm that the rocks in the Western U.S. are really related to those in eastern Antarctica. Dalziel estimates that this comparison should take no more than six months -- a short wait to clear up a mystery that...
...even if it wouldn't help the space shortage, the Hoffman plan might boost morale on campus. Everyone would share equally in the weirdness that is Widener. I for one would find it much easier to cope with the libraries if I knew they made the most espected professors at the University as miserable as they make...
...lack of logistics," says Eric Schmitt of the New York Times. "We were constantly fighting the system." Others argue that the pool arrangement should not have lasted as long as it did. "The pool was never intended to be the be-all and end-all of coverage," says Fred Hoffman, a former Pentagon spokesman who helped devise the pool setup. "It shouldn't have been used beyond the earliest stages of the war." A lawsuit has been filed by several writers and magazines, including the Village Voice and the Nation, charging that the Pentagon restrictions violated the press's First...
...Hoffman notes that the attitude the council has adopted about the war differs from the ongoing philosophy of the Peace Commission, and she says that the council's change of heart reflects a similar change in the opinions of Cambridge citizens. She says that while "the vast majority" opposed war before it became a reality, its outbreak "shattered a desire for peace as a goal...
...Hoffman adds that she foresees another turnaround on the part of the council if the conflict intensifies or escalates. "Peace is really the only realistic option here," Hoffman says. "You'll see in three or four weeks the City Council passing a very different kind of resolution...