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...official assured Rolm employees, who have happily retained their corporate hot tubs, saunas and water-polo team. General Motors has vowed to pursue a similar strategy with Hughes Aircraft, which the automaker acquired in June for about $5 billion. GM said it bought Hughes for its technical know-how, and will refrain from meddling in the California company's business...
...more direction and better coordination, which only federal agencies like the National Institutes of Health can provide. The NIH has an established nationwide program for the testing of new anticancer agents. Says William Haseltine of Harvard's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute: "What we need to do is apply that know-how and organization to AIDS." Current U.S. trials of antiviral drugs are being conducted in a piecemeal way, often with each research group setting its own standards and protocols. Dr. Martin Hirsch, a Harvard immunologist, complains that it is difficult to learn much from these uncoordinated studies. "My great fear...
...your readers an alternative picture? Please try to understand: Pakistan is a country surrounded by problematic neighbors. We need our nukes to keep India quiet. We need to build economic ties with Iran for our mutual benefit. We need market access, scholarships, easy visas to other countries and technical know-how. Pakistanis have paid dearly for assisting the U.S. and the world community, first during the Afghan war and now during the war against terrorists. Pakistan is not a menace, but you always seem to project that image. Sardar Wali Khan Rawalpindi, Pakistan...
...story of Libya is different," he says. "We have a strong leadership - that is obvious." And thanks to $20 billion in foreign reserves from the country's existing oil business, Seif goes on, "we don't lack cash. We don't need capital." But Libya does need modern technological know-how and experienced manpower - the kinds of resources that big outside oil firms can provide. "We are strong enough to bargain," says Seif, who knows how valuable his country's crude is to the West. Who will have the upper hand in the negotiations remains to be seen. But with...
With so much at stake this upcoming year, there’s no question that the campus just can’t afford to have an uninspiring Undergraduate Council. Ty Moore and Ian Nichols have the campus leadership experience, the know-how, the right values and the will to get things done. There’s no time to stay in cruise control, so get ready for the ride, because they are sure to change gears and make it a year to remember...