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More and more, such delectable morsels are coming to light as interest in laser grows (distributors predict the laser market will double in sales to $80 million by the end of 1989). But the historical fillips are more than curiosities and commercial come-ons. They make movies resonate with fresh possibilities and new impact...
Kennedy School observers predict that the new dean will come from within the school's ranks, and most say that Academic Dean Albert Carnesale is the odds-on favorite for the job. However, Bok, who will handpick Allison's successor without the aid of a search committee, has been closemouthed about who will...
While the six remaining incumbents appear secure, nobody wants to predict who will occupy the other three seats, or which political faction will gain the upper hand...
...Graham and Sullivan predict that the city's "progressives" might feel sufficiently threatened to get out the vote in unprecedented numbers and secure a fifth seat. Graham adds that the usual turnout for city council elections is around 35 percent of the electorate. In this election, she says creating a sense of urgency to get out the vote may be the most important task for either side...
...help answer those questions, political scientist Michael Glantz of the National Center for Atmospheric Research has pioneered the use of a technique known as "forecasting by analogy" to predict the effects on society of future climatic change. In a series of case studies, Glantz and his colleagues analyzed the response of state and local governments to actual environmental events across the U.S., from a 12-ft. rise in the level of Utah's Great Salt Lake to the depletion of the aquifer that supplies groundwater to eight Great Plains states...