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...between science and state have at times been painful for Soviet researchers. Not many years ago, party ideologues were denouncing cybernetics, modern genetics and even certain aspects of Einsteinian relativity as bourgeois theories that were contrary to Communist orthodoxy. In fact, one reason for the U.S.S.R.'s continuing lag in computer technology is that party pundits once argued that computer-controlled devices and other automated machinery would interfere with the dignity of labor and rob workers of their jobs. Despite such ideological hurdles, however, Soviet scientists have in recent years made remarkable progress...
Thirdly, even the most representative organs have a built-in lag. Common Market membership was not a widely discussed issue in the 1969 Parliamentary elections: it has been examined and debated to the point of absurdity this year. Neither was membership a major issue when the nationwide Confederation of Norwegian Labor endorsed its pro-Market leadership as recently as early this year...
...over his own life. But he is quickly stymied, for the majority of students here are being trained to assume boring administrative jobs in rigid, bureaucratic organizations. Gone are the days when every Harvard graduate could look forward to running his own corporation or political campaign. But the myths lag behind reality: many students here still expect to graduate to "some undefined, exotic, independent career." The pamphlet suggests that this gap between expectations and reality is what motivates Harvard students to challenge a system they are being trained to help administer...
Four hours later, West German authorities finally admitted the truth. Police Chief Schreiber tried to minimize the lag by insisting that "the hostages were as good as dead from the minute the Israeli government refused to hand over prisoners. We only tried to free some of the hostages or possibly all of them, in the event that the terrorists made a mistake...
Closely knit to the fabric boom is the greater availability of patterns by such designers as Yves St. Laurent, Pierre Cardin and Bill Blass. The concept is not new. Vogue put out its first high-fashion patterns back in 1949. But until recently there was a long lag between the appearance of a new style and its patterned reproduction. Now companies frequently turn out paper copies of Paris originals within weeks of a showing, long before ready-to-wear has even finished the basting. The home sewer, able to stitch in time, thus can stay in fashion more readily than...