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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cent of the operating budget of about $3 million, and much of it is used for student scholarships. Later in the year, after the department's budgetary needs grew more certain, Stare would transfer more of the gift money into the endowment. The total effect of this method, Stare argued, was to launder the funds. "Hardly anyone in the department knows where their money is coming from, except me," he said last week...

Author: By Charles E. Shepard, | Title: Eating from the hand that feeds you | 9/24/1976 | See Source »

Hale Champion, vice president for administration, sees the issue of Brown-Beasley's working relationships far differently. For the best systems development, Champion says, there must be a cooperative effort between the various people involved. Not only does Brown-Beasley not fit into the cooperative method, Champion says, but he believes that "what is optimum in any given situation is his idea and that no one else's position is important unless they agree with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard, supposedly | 9/24/1976 | See Source »

...questions, which most often seems to be Marxist in character. King says they are interested in asking basic questions, such as the reason for the original development of nuclear energy as a priority instead of less dangerous alternative forms. On this and other issues, many members consider the best method for understanding social problems to be a recognition of monopoly corporations' dominance over public policy...

Author: By Peter Frawley, | Title: Keeping science accountable | 9/24/1976 | See Source »

...described eight methods of killing used at Makindye prison. These involved making prisoners line up and ordering the first to smash the second man's head with a hammer. The process was repeated down the line until the last man was shot. Another method was to cut flesh from a victim and force him to eat it until he died. Rugumayo said it was estimated that 80,000 to 90,000 people died in Amin's first two years in power: but he admitted that this might be a conservative figure...

Author: By Eric M. Breindel, | Title: Taking the Easy Way Out | 9/24/1976 | See Source »

...Life and Loves, published a half-century ago, Frank Harris relates that he discovered that if he wished to have dreams of sex, he kept thinking about sex until he fell asleep. Later he applied this method to learning German. Harris found that by studying before sleep he learned more than he did by studying early the next morning since his mind, while he was asleep, was still active...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, Sep. 20, 1976 | 9/20/1976 | See Source »

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