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...downturn in the British economy is seen as a serious threat in the general election. It is expected that the Tories will call the election as late as possible, which could mean the spring of 1992. But the inflation rate, now running at 10.9%, is slackening, and the pound, linked to the E.C.'s Exchange Rate Mechanism, is strong. The next Prime Minister may be able to lower interest rates and even spend more money in the social areas Thatcher was accused of neglecting so badly -- education and health services...
Addressing about 50 people who were gathered at the Law School's Pound Hall last night, Ruth Friedman and Clive Stafford Smith, two attorneys from the Southern Prisoners' Defense Committee in Atlanta, recounted their experiences defending prisoners charged with capital crimes...
Rather than buying "biodegradable" products (which are ineffective in the sealed, moisture-free landfills currently in use), we should attempt to reduce our three-pound-per day share of the 157.7 million tons of waste generated in this country each year...
...winners include Baruj Benacerraf, chair of the Department of Pathology at Harvard Medical School; Elkan R. Blout, director of the Division of Biological Sciences at the Harvard School of Public Health; George F. Carrier, professor of applied mathematics emeritus; David G. Nathan, professor of pediatrics; and Robert V. Pound, professor of physics emeritus...
...Pound has verified a prediction of Einstein'stheory of relativity and performed the firstexperiments detecting nuclear magnetic resonance,a field with wide-ranging medical applications. Heis credited with aiding in the development of themodern radar