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...studying the malignancies that develop, scientists will have a unique opportunity to analyze the complex interplay between environmental and hereditary origins of cancer -- and possibly even produce more sensitive diagnostic tests for human breast cancer. Harvard has granted an exclusive license to produce the patented mice to Du Pont, the Delaware-based chemical giant...
...said, "the second wave will automate decision making." IBM now considers itself the world leader in second-wave technology and is either using or developing expert systems throughout the company. Big Blue's claims to leadership, however, get spirited argument from companies like Digital Equipment Corp. and E.I. du Pont de Nemours. They and others are using second-wave technology not only to bring computers to bear on problems that until now have been bypassed by the information revolution but also to extend the range and availability of human expertise. Says Edward Feigenbaum, an AI pioneer and co-author...
...Schorr claims, is the world leader in applied artificial intelligence, Du Pont is running close behind. Ed Mahler, the Delaware multinational's program director for artificial intelligence, says the company currently has 200 knowledge systems in use and expects to have 2,000 systems running by 1990. The reason for the explosion, according to Mahler: knowledge- processing technology is now affordable, and even the most sophisticated systems are available on personal computers...
...that Gary Hart contributed this time around was the quaint notion, Let the people decide. In his case they did, decisively. The people of New Hampshire and Iowa also rendered verdicts on Babbitt, whose graceful exit showed him to be a class act to the very end; Pete du Pont, who was never all that convincing as a right-winger; and Alexander Haig, who was never all that convincing as someone who should be in charge...
...place) quit the race last Friday with a parting shot at Bush -- and, indirectly, at the Reagan inner circle that had ousted him as Secretary of State. "From my point of view," said Haig, "Bob Dole is head and shoulders above George Bush as a potential President." Pete du Pont (7%, fifth place) will soon be heading back to Delaware's chateau country. Jack Kemp (11%, fourth place) had counted on outflanking Bush and Dole on the right as the true-blue conservative candidate. But Robertson's message of moral regeneration proved more appealing than Kemp's pep talks...