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...tribulations in this academic community go far beyond publish or perish. There is the oh-so-smooth college president who is scheming to become a political bigwig. There is the cuckolded football coach whose wanton wife is exchanging signals with the star quarterback. There is the ogreish dean who keeps his pristine daughter locked away in his gothic manse. Meanwhile, no one seems to be paying much attention to books, lectures, homework or grades. That is because Alden University exists only in a mythical grove called Soapland and in the mind of a woman who creates worlds that flicker...
...control their economies so that they can pay back part of their huge debts. But the Brazilians are increasingly unwilling to accept those conditions. Says João Camilo Pena, Minister of Industry and Commerce: "If the IMF gives the same medicine to all debtor nations, they will all perish from the cure." As last week's strikes and protests dramatically demonstrate, solutions to the debt dilemma that require stern sacrifices could be a formula for political chaos...
...formula these days is words 100 words from the reporter, and a "sound bite" of 15 or 20 words from the speaker. At long last Lincoln's turn comes; he is heard pledging that "government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." This is Horace Everyman, ABC-CBS-NBC News in Gettysburg...
...recent years there has been a growing number of such "disappointing events" in laboratories around the country. Yale, Cornell and Boston University have each had to contend with embarrassing cases of scientific fraud. According to a number of scientists, the tremendous pressures to "publish or perish" may be a factor in the trend. These pressures have been exacerbated by the intense competition for limited federal research funds. "Science is more expensive these days," says Albert H. Hastorf, Stanford's provost. "You need a big grant or you are out of business." Many leading research institutions have attempted to deal...
...PERISH THE THOUGHT. Illinois, renowned for its unsmiling rough-and-tumble political campaigns, has been worth a few laughs this election season. Out of the blue, Democratic Gubernatorial Challenger Adlai E. Stevenson III, 52, has publicly denied being a "wimp," though no one, not even Republican Incumbent "Big Jim" Thompson, 46, ever accused him of being one. At the same time, Thompson, seeking an unprecedented third term, was hurt early on by Illinois' faltering farm and industrial economy, his overly ardent support of Reagan, and revelations that he had accepted valuable gifts from constituents and people doing business with...