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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...what went virtually unmentioned in press accounts of the licensing agreement--the terms of which were kept secret--is that Essex holds office on Cambridge Bioscience's scientific advisory board. It is unclear whether Essex possesses a financial stake in the biotech firm. Also unclear is what role Essex played in Cambridge Bioscience's decision to buy the license and in Harvard's decision to grant the license to the Worcester firm. But what is clear is that the GP120 deal is another example of the dangers and difficulties which arise when universities and industry "cooperate," especially in the biotechnology...

Author: By John C. Yoo, | Title: Going by the Redbook | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

What is the Leverett House resident's secret to winning loose pucks in the corner? "I think its just a mindset," Lind says. "I have the right to the puck just as much as anyone else. I go in and I don't think of the possibility of not coming up with it. Nothing can happen if we don't have the puck...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: Ringette to Hockey in Ten Easy Steps | 2/17/1988 | See Source »

...doubt, Harvard will respond with the assertion that after a mere 20 rings, any phone number can be obtained from Information. Well, sure, the University hasn't gone so far as to make faculty office numbers secret--just a little hard...

Author: By Mark R. Hoffenberg, | Title: Telephone Number Madness | 2/17/1988 | See Source »

...course of the renewed discussion, the question was also put about my premature departure from the office of federal president," he said. "I want to take a stand in all clarity: You, my dear Austrians, have elected me federal president with a convincing majority in a secret and direct election for six years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Waldheim Swears He Won't Step Down | 2/16/1988 | See Source »

...whopping $25 billion for the companies that will build the new network, Soni was destined to play a significant role. Instead he is embroiled in a byzantine scandal that is paralyzing the giant phone project. According to investigators for the GSA and a Senate committee, Soni leaked secret bidding information in a mysterious pattern that may take probers months or years to untangle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hung Up: a $25 Billion System The federal phone snafu | 2/15/1988 | See Source »

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