Word: leaning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Emmanuel G. Mesthene, executive director of the University Program on Technology and Society, called the present situation a "lean" period. "The availability of scientific funds goes in waves," he said. "Sputnik, for instance, led to a fat period and the reins were loosened. The war in Vietnam, on the other hand, with its increased defense spending, has led to a lean period. I do not see an increasing trend of tightening reins in government support. We are simply in a lean period...
Actually, Harvard professors have not been significantly affected by this "lean" period. The tightening of government funds has primarily affected those colleges and universities where science professors actually receive part of their salaries from federal grants. At Harvard, no tenured professor receives any academic-year salary money from the government. But Harvard is an exception...
...letter represents a consensus of all those who lean toward negotiation, rather than escalation," he said...
Hochmuth was also the first American general officer to lose his life in Viet Nam. (Air Force Major General William Crumm was killed last July in a B-52 collision over the South China Sea.) A lean, laconic Texan who delighted in raising both flowers and barbells, Hochmuth led the 3rd Marines through the heavy spring and summer fighting around Khe Sanh, Con Thien and Cam Lo on the lacerated lower lip of the Demilitarized Zone. With his forces spread thin over two entire provinces, "Curly" Hochmuth (so known for his bald head) fought a dogged, essentially defensive...
...eight years he spent as chairman of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., Sir Paul Chambers, 63, shook up Britain's largest private company from the front office to the production line. He turned a stodgy, Commonwealth-oriented company into a lean operation with new muscle to flex on world markets. Now Chambers wants out. For all his efforts, I.C.I.'s actual performance remains sluggish. And he puts part of the blame on Labor government policies; he complains that "any fool can save the pound by damming the economy." Opting for a far less demanding job, Chambers will leave I.C.I...