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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reasons for the fusion furor are more complicated than just the prospects of riches and fame. Scientists and university administrators are ; sometimes driven by the same sort of base emotions -- like jealousy and paranoia -- that often motivate less intellectually lofty folks, and the peculiar circumstances of this discovery helped ignite a number of long- smoldering resentments. For one thing, fusion and other subatomic phenomena that are usually studied with giant nuclear reactors and particle accelerators have long been the private domain of physicists. Chemists, on the other hand, were more likely to be studying how to make a better laundry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Fusion Illusion? | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

Twenty years ago--when the ROTC issue exploded on campus--no mention was made of the military's discrimination against gays and lesbians. Why, 20 years later, did activists choose to fight ROTC on that platform, often to the exclusion of other arguments...

Author: By Brian R. Hecht, | Title: Questions Remain for Council | 5/5/1989 | See Source »

Ruttenburg added that ad hoc committeesunfairly compared junior faculty's research withthat of the leaders in the field who have had moretime to publish. She also said ad hoc committeemembers often are not specialists in the field ofa tenure candidate...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Junior English Faculty Meet With Bok, Spence | 5/3/1989 | See Source »

Egan, the vice president of Hallmark Cards,said he had often spoken to colleagues about whathe calls HRAAA's effort "to take over thegovernance of the University." He said Glimp didnot act inappropriately...

Author: By Adam K. Goodheart, | Title: Top Official Tied To Overseers Ad | 5/3/1989 | See Source »

This new set of questions has generated adifferent type of response from those who urgedivestment from South Africa. For example, insteadof shareholder resolutions urging companies todivest of South Africa-related holdings, thesestatements are more and more often demanding anend to all economic ties with the country...

Author: By Rebecca L. Walkowitz, | Title: University Tackles Divestment's Nuances | 5/3/1989 | See Source »

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