Word: houstons
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Although campus activists initially hailed the university's decision as a moral victory against the injustices of apartheid, the Georgetown administrator responsible for the endowment, Vice President and Treasurer George R. Houston said he thought the university's divestment had only a symbolic importance...
Divested funds will be reinvested to create a portfolio free of South African ties without sustaining severe losses in the rate of return, Houston told The Hoya...
...boycott of products from controversial companies would have a greater effect than divestment, Houston told the paper, but he questioned whether students would be willing to make the sacrifice...
...will describe the new material and details of how it was developed in an upcoming issue of Physical Review Letters, but the University of Houston has already applied for a patent on both product and process. If it is granted, Chu stands to share in the profits, which could be large. "It's phenomenal -- we're excited," says Robert Jake of American Magnetics, a manufacturer of superconducting magnets. "But it will take several years of research and development to make it feasible for commercial application." When such applications come, says Chu, they will make clear the significance of his discovery...
...Sandra Burton, Mary Cronin, Jennifer Hull, Thomas McCarroll, Jeanne McDowell, Raji Samghabadi Boston: Robert Ajemian, Joelle Attinger, Melissa Ludtke, Lawrence Malkin Chicago: Jack E. White, Barbara Dolan, Lee Griggs, Harry Kelly, J. Madeleine Nash, Elizabeth Taylor Detroit: William J. Mitchell Atlanta: Joseph J. Kane, B. Russell Leavitt, Don Winbush Houston: Richard Woodbury Miami: Marcia Gauger Los Angeles: Dan Goodgame, Jonathan Beaty, Elaine Dutka, Jon D. Hull, Edwin M. Reingold, Michael Riley, James Willwerth, Denise Worrell San Francisco: Paul A. Witteman, Cristina Garcia...