Word: nathaneal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Stuart Orkin, a research fellow in Pediatrics, and Dr. David Nathan '51, Robert A. Stranahan Professor of, Pediatrics, along with other scientists from Yale University and Haceteppe University in Turkey, made the discovery, which enables doctors to detect certain genetic diseases in unborn babies...
Many students use summer programs to make career decisions. An eleven-week course offered by New York's Union College in Britain, Sweden and Poland gives 25 students a look at socialized medicine. "I want to see where U.S. medicine might be heading," says Junior Nathan Keever. Michigan State Junior Beth Anthony is spending four weeks studying the BBC and mass media in Britain under a program sponsored by her school. "Like everyone else, I am looking for a good job when I graduate," Anthony admits. "I thought this program would give me a plus on my resume...
...Michael Novak: "I think that like a great aircraft carrier, the court changed direction, and only two or three degrees of that direction are apparent now. But I hope this means an increased respect for the fact that every individual has a history, and that history has some relevance." Nathan Glazer, Harvard professor of education and author of Affirmative Discrimination, believes that "what the Supreme Court called for is human. It is asking for the kind of behavior any commonsensical human being would believe...
Less sanguine is Washington Economic Consultant Robert Nathan, who argues that "Proposition 13 has more to do with a feeling of government inefficiency" than with the tax bills. "I doubt that California can live with the kind of cut in services that is expected," says Nathan, "and I expect an eventual rise in income taxes and other business taxes...
...economists agree that Proposition 13 will weaken local governments by increasing their dependence on state and federal funds. Warns Nathan: "As the state government becomes a more important source of revenue, more politics will be introduced into the allocation of funds." Still, argues Weidenbaum, "it was a ridiculous situation where the government was collecting money faster than they could sensibly spend it, so I don't think those who want to control the situation should be put on the defensive." Notes Sprinkel: "It will make local government more dependent on state financing, but it will also cut down state...