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All those organizations focused in varying degrees on applied science--attempts to invent useful new technologies--but all of them put money into pure science as well. So did private corporations, including AT&T, IBM and Xerox, which hired not just engineers but also mathematicians, physicists, biologists and even astronomers...
Finally, presidential defenders have argued that efficiency demands bypassing the courts. There again, the clear language of the law does them in. Even pre--Patriot Act law provided a very robust mechanism through which a President, facing what he believes is such an emergency that the short time needed to...
The appointment of Monique Rinere as the first associate dean of advising programs is an encouraging sign that the College is ready to seriously address the shortcomings of Harvard’s advising system. Rinere, a former Princeton administrator, offers an impressive combination of talent and experience that will be...
The L-shaped office may have changed little over the years, but at a recent meeting there were small but telling signs that the formidable 82-year-old leader has mellowed - a little. For one thing, the temperature has crept up noticeably. And while most surfaces are still bare, the...
In a June 24 letter to the DoC, University President Lawrence H. Summers wrote that implementing the restrictions would “have the practical effect of grinding research to a halt” by making impractical administrative demands of the University’s faculty and staff.