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They have to. By 1995 about 40% of the U.S.'s 108,000 tenured faculty will reach retirement age. But replacement talent is not coming along. Despite the sweeteners for key players, a survey in 1986 indicated that only .3% of freshmen plan academic careers -- in which starting salaries still languish around...
...budget summiteers hoped to reach agreement this week, and waiting any longer could push the financial markets into a deep funk. But for the moment investors took consolation in the temporary halt of the dollar's worrisome slide. In a calculated strategy orchestrated by Treasury Secretary James Baker in the wake of Black Monday, the Government has been allowing the dollar to decline. Baker believed not only that a lower dollar would help ease the trade deficit by making American goods more competitive but also that propping up the currency would force the U.S. to keep interest rates too high...
...program, you hope to have representation that mirrors representation in society as a whole," said the associate director of admissions at the B-School, James S. Feinson. "We're trying to reach strong minority candidates and encourage them to apply...
...mobile robot is not quite within reach, however, Brockett estimates that it will take between two and 10 years to realize that goal. In the meantime, Harvard will try to complete its hand-eye project before its competitors. "Right now we have our hands full with the hand-eye machine," Brockett said...
...ball was tipped all the way past the backcourt line, and freshman Carolyn Burger dove for the ball. It was just out of reach...