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...years ago, the fondest hope of Carole Ely and Lore Harp was to escape the bored-housewives trap and do something really bold like, say, opening a travel agency. When Lore's husband Bob, a scientist at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, Calif., suggested that they think big and take a plunge into computers instead, they responded with what amounted to uncomprehending stares. Neither knew the first thing about the exotic world of computers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computer Coup | 3/22/1982 | See Source »

Cherbas and others agree that this unique opportunity for undergraduates, which has increased markedly in the past 10 years, gives the students the chance to experiment with the idea of being a scientist Currently Williams has the most under graduates in the entire Biology department, and as some speculate, more than all the other divisions combined. By doing extensive research, the students become experts quickly and can participate in discussions and develop their own ideas. Since Riddiford's time in the lab, the ratio of undergraduates to graduates working under Williams' has been reversed. When she was there...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: A Giant Among Bugs | 3/10/1982 | See Source »

After a semester of of behind the scenes activity and low-key negotiations. S. Allen Counter and the race relations Foundation he heads may be emerging from the shadows The Foundation sponsored a speech last at the Science Center by Walter J. Massey a prominent Black scientist and head of the Argonne Laboratories, signaling a new phase of visible activity by the group which has been charged by the University with easing racial tensions on campus...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Race Relations Foundation Works to Gain Acceptance | 3/4/1982 | See Source »

Israel was stunned by the losses but astonishingly disciplined. Being victim seemed to be the destiny of Jews, Golda said when Nancy and I called on her, but the killing of children was too much. It was said without pathos, analytically, as a scientist deals with a fact. In the same almost resigned manner, Golda said that we all had better get back to making peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YEARS OF UPHEAVAL | 3/1/1982 | See Source »

...Soviet scientist may finally be permitted to visit Stanford University this spring after months of negotiations with the State Department over matters of national security...

Author: By Jeffrey M. Senger, | Title: State Dept.'s Restrictions Hinder Visit by Scientist | 2/27/1982 | See Source »

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