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...diseases and fight the cold war was distributed according to a chaotic system dubbed "scientific pluralism." Basically this meant that the money was funneled through review boards manned by scientists, who gave it to researchers proposing projects considered worthy. The system led to quite a bit of waste and overlap, but it also produced a series of unparalleled triumphs, from conquering polio to creating the transistor...
...settlement, reached in late December, ended more than two years of litigation over the issue of financial aid "overlap," the practice of schools sharing information about financial aid awards to prospective students and adjusting those awards...
...Justice Department drops any claims against MIT for participating in annual "overlap meetings" with financial aid officers from the Ivy League schools...
...District Court in Philadelphia ruledon September 2, 1992 that MIT had violated theantitrust act. But on September 17, 1993, theThird Circuit Court of Appeals reversed theearlier decision and sent the case back to thelower court for consideration of the benefits ofthe overlap process...
...said that Harvard would not involveitself in the overlap dispute...