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...observational and computational facilities, including the Oak Ridge Observatory at Harvard, Mass., the George R. Agassiz Station in Fort Davis, Tex., the 176-inch equivalent Multiple Mirror (MMT) telescope at the Whipple Oberservatory in Amado, Ariz., and the VAX II Cluster mainframe computers at the CFA, which can perform two million calculations per second...
...government equal to the challenges we face. At some point, we will have to raise the salaries of public servants, intensify our efforts to recruit good people to government, increase the opportunities for able civil servants to advance, and provide them the education and training they need to perform their responsibilities with distinction. Only when that time comes will universities be able to make their full contribution to the quality of government in America. It will be to Harvard's credit if the Kennedy School can play an important part in helping to show...
Although the society has paid its bill at Sanders, it will most likely continue to perform at Paine Hall next year, Gilbert said...
Scientists at the University of Utah have apparently discovered a technique to create fusion reactions by a process simple enough to perform in a high school chem lab. The process, dubbed "cold fusion," is performed at room temperature using deuterium, an isotope of hydrogen found in sea-water...
Waiting outside the ancient ball-park, Emma Cleary was wondering whether her son Billy would be able to perform his one official duty of the day--tossing out the ceremonial first pitch. As it turned out, Mrs. Cleary's worries were well founded...