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...million from New York philanthropist J. Rodney Peeter. The money is slated to fund a new mid-career program for middle-aged, unemployed political scientists. In a statement released today, President Derek C. Bok announces that Peeter's gift was conditioned on his being offered a University post commensurate with the size of the unprecedented donation and that Peeter would replace Allison as K-School dean effective immediately...
...been most conspicuous by its absence from the supercomputer market: IBM. In December the largest computer manufacturer (1987 sales: $54.2 billion) announced that it had struck a deal with Steve Chen, one of the foremost supercomputer designers, who jolted the computer world last September by suddenly leaving his post as a vice president at Cray. With financial aid from IBM, Chen has set up his own company to develop a machine 100 times as fast as any currently on the market. "People say that IBM is just dipping its toes into the water," notes Irving Wladawsky-Berger, an IBM vice...
With the strongman's departure possibly looming, some experts are worried about the shape a post-Noriega Panama will take. "Nobody is looking at who will be left in the general's absence," says a Panamanian in the U.S. who wants Noriega to quit. "People say Noriega is a thug, but there is a group in the army that is far worse...
...DuBois Institute, a post-doctoral center for research in Afro-American Studies, hosts 12 to 15 scholars each year...
...defense has been especially strong. Pennoyer shut down Cornell's Tim Goldstein, the 1987 NCAA Player of the Year. In addition, the long-stick group has provided the winning goal in both one-goal victories. Bentley scored the decisive goal in the 5-4 victory over Post, while van den Broek tallied with eight seconds left to lift the Crimson over Cornell, 7-6. 1988 MEN'S LACROSSE SCHEDULE...