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...book is his portrayal of a teleconference which took place the night before the launch between engineers at Morton Thiokol, makers of the shuttle's solid rocket boosters, and NASA officials. Thiokol's engineers spent almost an hour explaining why they believed that cold temperatures at Cape Canaveral would impair the performance of their now infamous O-rings. The Thiokol engineers voted unanimously to recommend against launching...
Part of the reason RU 486 appears to cause so few side effects is that it remains in the body for less than 48 hours. In addition, it apparently does not impair fertility. One woman in the test group took RU 486 one month, aborted, then became pregnant again and came back for another dose the next month. No information is yet available on what effect RU 486 might have on the fetus if the drug fails to induce abortion; all of the 15 women who sustained their pregnancies after receiving the drug had clinical abortions. Dr. Couzinet hopes...
This relocation of the academic cutting edge did not seem to impair the education of graduates. According to Alan J. Plattus, a visiting professor of architecture at Yale, the GSD has tried hard to introduce variety into coursework. "Harvard has always been scared...of becoming too monolithic," he says, adding that sometimes the students "are benificiaries of more diversity than they can handle...the variety can dilute the experience...
This relocation of the academic cutting edge did not seem to impair the education of graduates. According to Alan J. Plattus, a visiting professor of architecture at Yale, the GSD has tried hard to introduce variety into coursework. "Harvard has always been scared...of becoming too monolithic," he says, adding that sometimes the students "are benificiaries of more diversity than they can handle...the variety can dilute the experience...
Concerned that the ensuing controversy would impair its access to America's academic experts, the CIA made an aggressive bid to bolster its stature on campus...