Word: preservationism
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All these schemes attempt to outwit Soviet missiles with what the Pentagon calls PLU: preservation of location uncertainty. So far it is only the MX project itself, scheduled for completion at the end of the decade, that is maintaining a high degree of PLU .
But this Rockies retreat has another resource, and its presence has touched off a classic preservation-vs.-progress scrap. The issue: should the interests of a small group, righteous as its cause may be, prevail over other interests that may affect the well-being of far more people, even that...
Kevin Hagan White, 51, was elected mayor of Boston 14 years ago as a liberal reformer. Most liberals and reformers support him still, but increasingly they wonder why. This year, as the city has despaired through perhaps the worst financial crisis in its history-still unresolved-White's first...
Cole's agenda for book preservation in Lamont and Hilles includes possible installation of specially reflective windows which will provide "a protective shielding" for books currently exposed to destructive sun rays. Cole adds, however, that such renovations are at present controversial and costly. Beyond those scientific changes, Cole sees "potential...
If anything, what one source calls "the Ptashne flasco" has alerted the Faculty and the public to the supposed dangers of technology transfer. Atkinson says that while his committee's work was basically unaffected by the administration's jump into the field (see sidebar), negative feelings among senior Faculty members...