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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Officials said that Heiskell will leave the Corporation because of age considerations. "There's been a tradition on the Board that if someone gets around 70 years of age, it's a rough measure" of retirement eligibility, said Harvard Treasurer Roderick MacDougall, who is also a member of the Corporation...

Author: By Mark M. Colodny, | Title: Corporation Will Lose Member | 2/10/1987 | See Source »

EXPERT SYSTEMS. By playing a computer game of tic-tac-toe, visitors can get a rough idea of the workings of an expert system -- that is, a computer program that emulates the reasoning and procedures of an expert in a specialized field. The tic-tac-toe program relies on the judgment of seven internal "experts" in playing the game. For instance, WIN looks only for winning moves. DEFEND acts to block wins by its opponent, and DECIDE weighs the recommendations of the other six and dictates the moves. On the computer screen each of the experts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Ouch! Oooh! Cut It Out! | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

...enemy was the Harvard men's hockey team--Crimson forward Allen Bourbeau in particular--and with four minutes left in an already rough second period, the Cadets turned from hard checking to armed combat, throwing punches and using their sticks...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Armed Affair | 2/7/1987 | See Source »

...intended to be rough--that's the way we play," Army Coach Rob Riley said...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Armed Affair | 2/7/1987 | See Source »

...talked about it before we started thesecond period," Harvard Coach Bill Cleary said."We knew they were going to play a physical gameagainst us. I don't mind it being rough but youhave to play it the right...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Armed Affair | 2/7/1987 | See Source »

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