Word: researchers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that the University (which was in my mind sort of an earth mother figure) had my best interests at heart. If it asked me for $20,000 a year, well, it was only because that money was absolutely necessary to send the American History Department to France to do research every year...
...Boston Globe-KRC Research survey fielded the opinions of first-year students at a dozen public and private colleges in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont. It included no margin of error because the survey was a sampling rather than a scientific poll, the paper said...
...defense, the North Carolina-based pharmaceuticals maker, a subsidiary of Britain's Wellcome P.L.C., cites the high cost of research and development. In an attempt to defuse the cost crisis, the company said last week that it will cut the wholesale price of AZT 20%, to $1.20 a pill. One reason the company is able to do so is that the potential market for the drug has grown substantially in recent weeks with the discovery that AZT can help a far larger group. A Government study released in August concluded that the drug, besides helping people who have AIDS...
Burroughs Wellcome refuses to disclose its profit on AZT, but industry analysts believe it could range from a low of $25 million to a high of $100 million on this year's sales of $200 million. When the costs of overhead and continuing research are factored in, "the average operating profit from all the sales of Burroughs Wellcome is 20%. Though they have a 30% operating profit margin on AZT, it's still within the bounds of the pharmaceutical industry," says Jo Walton, who follows the industry for Shearson Lehman Hutton in London...
Jacob said his research would provide newinsight into such problems as acid rain globalwarming and depletion of the ozone layer...