Word: reaping
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...cable TV and independent stations, the Big Three lobbied the FCC to change the rules. Last week the FCC gave the networks a piece of the action: they may produce and thus possess up to 40% of TV's prime-time shows. It will take the networks years to reap the rewards of the new ruling. Nonetheless, producers reacted angrily. "We made the best shows the networks ever had," lamented Lee Rich, executive producer of Dallas. "This decision kills the system." Responded NBC's equally dissatisfied general counsel: "We went to the FCC seeking complete repeal...
...formed with the reactionaries. If he sticks with them, he may save his position of power but lose his place in history. It would be tragic if he were to suffer the fate of so many reformers in the past: those who plant the seeds of reform seldom reap the harvest...
...been most visible toward newer departments like Afro-American Studies. This fall, Afro-Am had literally dwindled down to nothing. Under heavy pressure, the administration has finally discovered Afro-Am, pursuing professors across the nation with offers of inflated salaries and other perks. These frantic moves have begun to reap dividends, as luminaries like Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Spike Lee have agreed to accept Harvard posts...
...been a methodical, scientific quest has turned into a wild crapshoot. In more than 60 laboratories around the world, researchers are working with at least 40 different concoctions in pursuit of one of medicine's most urgent goals: the development of an AIDS vaccine. Any team that succeeds will reap fame, fortune and the satisfaction of possibly wiping out a disease that ranks among the deadliest scourges ever to afflict humanity...
...recent successes in Afro-Am and HDS, to pause and consider how they might apply these lessons of innovation to their own administration. In doing so, they will realize that there is no reason why each Harvard department can't recreate the short-term excitement of Deli Day and reap long-term benefits every...