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When testimony in the case began in Natal province on Oct. 21, the prosecution's star witness turned out to be Isaak de Vries, a political scientist at Rand Afrikaans University, who spent weeks describing the U.D.F.'s violent aims and A.N.C. connections. Under withering cross- examination, however, he admitted that his knowledge of both organizations was limited to a reading of their literature and other research materials. Finally, two weeks ago, De Vries was forced to admit that his previous testimony had contained "fundamental mistakes...
...NASA scientists insist that given the briefness and the danger of the flybys, Astro-1 could actually end up gleaning more information about Halley's than the probes do. "Our mission may not be as dramatic," says Knox Long, a Johns Hopkins University scientist on the Astro project, "but we're getting the most bang for the buck...
...researcher's typical "workday" consists mostly of writing programs, attending seminars, and just sitting and thinking about knotty problems, says Professor Carl E. Hewitt, a scientist at the lab. Hewitt says scientists at the lab spend surprisingly little time doing "lab work." "The lab is the computer," says Poggio...
Wanda: Well, Syndrome is about how to hold a marriage together in Silicon Valley, the natural home of cold, remote engineer-scientist males. Most men | are afraid to show their feelings. The Silicon man doesn't seem to have any. When the wife wants to make some emotional connection, like during a crisis, Silicon man runs up to his brain and sits there a while. Ralph: Surely this is warm jocularity. Perhaps a rich burst of feminist humor...
Perhaps the most innovative remedy for undereducated athletes is Northeastern's University Degree Completion Program, started last year by Political Scientist Richard Lapchick (son of the redoubtable St. John's University basketball coach Joe Lapchick). Under U.D.C.P., 27 Boston-area professional players finished credit courses given by Northeastern professors. This year the program has expanded to a consortium that includes ten other schools and extends to ex-collegians who never made it to the pros...