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Fine-tuned by 4 billion years of evolution, protein chemistry has a lot to recommend it. To produce Kevlar, for instance, requires vats of concentrated sulfuric acid that must be maintained at high pressure. But spiders produce silk in the open air using water as a solvent. "I am absolutely fascinated," says University of Washington materials scientist Christopher Viney, "that such an incredible material starts out as a solution in water, and all the spider does is squirt it out through a small hole. In the process, proteins that were soluble turn into insoluble fibers. Now, isn't that amazing...
...Bill Clinton's support for a law to prohibit employers from hiring permanent replacements for striking workers (the certainty of a George Bush veto long kept the Democratic majorities in Congress from even trying to pass such a law). Further, said Reich, Clinton will appoint a special commission to recommend other ways to equalize the power of unions and companies, both by administrative action and by rewriting basic labor law. The labor federation promptly reciprocated by pledging support for Clinton's deficit-cutting program...
...full story: the Defense Department has a designated candidate for the Navy post but is holding back the public announcement in order to justify not releasing the Tailhook findings. The unreleased report on drunken aviators molesting women at the 1991 Tailhook Association convention is devastating: it's expected to recommend courts-martial for at least 12 senior Navy officers. Pentagon officials (with White House blessing) want to stall the findings until after March 23 -- when the defense budget goes to Congress...
...election neared, even if only one pursued "action". As a good Democrat, however, I am encouraged to see that the complete disorganization and disruption evidenced by Pat Buchanan's speech at the Republican National Convention last year has extended down to the grass roots. And I highly recommend all future HRAC meetings as an excellent source of an hour's entertainment...
Finally, we suggest that all insinuations of poor planning be directed to the few departments who reneged on their promises to participate. In the future, we recommend to the editors of this publication that they instruct their writers in obtaining all the facts before they print a story. Brandon C. Gregoire '95 Sean M. Becker '94 Co-Chairs of the Academics Committee