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...science, from molecular biology to particle , physics, has become increasingly dependent on massive computing power. Scientists using supercomputers have been able to pry into nature in a way not possible before. By simulating everything from wind turbulence to gravitational fields, they have studied the mechanisms of thunderstorms, the optimum shape of an H-bomb, even the structure of the universe. Says Cornell Physicist Kenneth Wilson, the Nobel laureate who led the lobbying effort that resulted in last week's announcement: "The stakes are enormous...
...School will take a new approach to studying development. "There are no radicals at the Kennedy School," Thomas says. However, according to Broadnax, as the K-School grows, "It becomes more and more likely that it will take on a more cosmopolitan environment as we work towards achieving an optimum mix of foreign students and move those issues confronting developing countries to the front burner...
...runs until the conclusion of the last event, which is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. The course starts at the Boston University boathouse and runs three miles upstream past Harvard to the WBZ tower. Jerry Olrich, a long-time race veteran, recommends the Weeks Bridge for optimum viewing as it is the approximate half-way point in the race...
...farewell ceremony at Fort Myer, Va. The move did not surprise his parents, Henry, a dentist now retired, and Frances, who lives in a condominium in Bloomfield Hills, a comfortable Detroit suburb not far from Royal Oak, where Pete grew up. Says Frances: "He said there was an optimum age to make a change, and this...
...Medical education is not in optimum health," declares Dr. Daniel Tosteson, dean of Harvard Medical School. What is worse, he adds, is that "there is little agreement on the diagnosis and treatment." Indeed, virtually every med school dean in the country has his own prescriptions for fixing what is wrong. Last week, for instance, prestigious Johns Hopkins School of Medicine announced a plan to guarantee admission to students still in their junior year of college. The purpose, said Hopkins Dean Richard Ross, is to encourage students to take a broader and more flexible approach to their senior year. Said...