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Lang, who is a visiting professor at Harvard this semester, said yesterday: "I'm happy that the NAS has preserved some standards. The questions I have raised concerning the way some political scientists practice their field have received some legitimacy from today's election...
...NAS members opposed to Huntington have said that he is but one example of what they fear is a decline in the standards of the Academy's social scientists, who are known as Class V. These members said that what they consider a lack of scientific standards within Class V may be indicative of a general Academy trend...
...Huntington debate, which had been carriedon through the mail during the past year, took tothe floor at the NAS meeting yesterday...
Candidates for election "take their licks atit, but Huntington is a slightly differentproblem. There was a file circulated onHuntington, and this decision is a reflection ofthat file," said one NAS member, who spoke on thecondition of anonymity...
Academy members contacted yesterday declined todiscuss the specifics of the floor discussion, butone NAS member said that the heated debate overHuntington's candidacy has left "a little bit oftension" between Class V and the rest of theAcademy...