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...members of the CUHS are from the Psychology and Social Relations Department, just as most of the projects it reviews are in psychology. The committee is supposed to ensure that no humans are subjected to risk of any kind; or that if an experiment must involve risk, its benefits outweigh its dangers and its subjects fully understand those dangers and freely agree to participate...
...called News speculated that possible successors for Brewster included James Q. Wilson, Shattuck Professor of Government at Harvard ("It's unclear whether the prospects of replacing Brewster would outweigh the loss of prestige and nearly $25.000 salary cut he would undergo if he left Harvard"). Hale Champion, Harvard's financial vice-president ("The word from Cambridge is that he's itching to move into a position with more power"), Charles U. Daly ("works part-time as Harvard's vice-president for government and community affairs"), and various other Harvard faculty administrators...
...dose levels has yet to be developed and probably never will be, say Wardell and Lasagna. Therefore, it is unreasonable to expect drug developers to prove that their product is totally without risk. Every drug represents a compromise between risks and potential benefits. Only when the risks clearly outweigh the benefits should a drug be forbidden...
...Mozambicans who work in the South African mines; this represents more than half of Mozambique's national income. When electric power starts flowing to South Africa from Mozambique's Cabora Bassa dam in October, Mozambique could make another $50 million a year. Commercial ties probably outweigh ideology and are likely to continue...
...understandably angry. Although the F-16 was clearly superior, the Mirage was a smart performer itself and had other things going for it, among them a large number of French-speaking Belgians who would be outraged at a decision to choose the F16. But not even that consideration could outweigh aggressive salesmanship by General Dynamics and the U.S. Government. In the final hours before the decision, U.S. Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger sagely offered Belgian policymakers a rationale for buying the F-16 while at the same time mollifying French-speaking voters. He gave Belgian Defense Minister Paul Vanden Boeynants...