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Clearly, many students have used and will continue to use the dual-submission policy to slack off. On the other hand, however, when students are punished for their honesty in requesting dual submissions, then these students might as well return the favor the next time by dual submitting without permission. If the University wants to live up to its motto of Veritas, it needs to reconsider the current guidelines along which the dual submission policy rests...
While the industry has a few sizzling products like laptop computers, the overall sluggishness is hurting many businesses, ranging from supercomputers to software. Cray Research, the largest supercomputer maker, said early this month it will cut its work force about 7% because of slack demand. Mainframe manufacturer Unisys, which has reported operating losses of $79 million so far this year, plans to slash its payroll by 8,000 workers, or 9%. Wang, which lost $424 million during the past fiscal year, may be pushed into a merger. Former rising stars in personal computers, notably Commodore and Wyse Technology, are losing...
Picking up the slack against Penn was Amen, whose grounder gave the Crimson defense all it needed to ice the victory. Amen seems to fare well against the Quakers, having tallied last year at Franklin Field...
Brown's front line has been hurt by the loss of 1988 Ivy scoring leader Theresa Hirschauer to graduation. but its defense has picked up the slack this year...
Some economists believe the slack period will be short-lived and will be followed by renewed growth, a scenario that has them searching for metaphors. David Hale, chief economist of Chicago's Kemper Financial Services, characterizes the slowdown as an "output pause." Geoffrey Moore, an economics professor at Columbia University, talks of a "stutter step." Economist Lyle Gramley, a former Fed governor, says that by late 1990 the slowdown may be followed by a period of "economic refreshment...