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...third of the University's endowment). It was supposed to give three kinds of energy to the hospitals and medical schools in the area and do so cheaply and efficiently. But Harvard's dream became a nightmare when the neighbors found out that the engines in that plant might spew gases that could hurt their pets and children. And the state said Harvard couldn't have its engines and the University called its battery of attorneys in to fix the mess but they couldn't. And instead of talking to the community leaders, Harvard brought in its scientific experts...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: The Business of Harvard | 8/15/1980 | See Source »

...operators time to act, the State Department has installed heavy steel doors that can be slid into place to block the stairways to the upper floors of embassies, where the code rooms are located. Another new security ploy: nozzles in the corridors that at the push of a button spew tear or nausea gas on invaders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Wipe Out | 6/30/1980 | See Source »

...University planners have still been unable to secure state approval for installing the diesel engines which will produce the bulk of that electricity. Community groups in the Misison Hill and Brookline area have argued that the plant's diesels will spew dangerous nitrous oxides and carcinogens into their backyards. A series of state agency recommendations and rulings handed down this year have done nothing but further delay a project that is already several years late...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Burning Up Harvard's Money | 6/5/1980 | See Source »

...happy with a man he thinks unworthy of her. Unlike Cort and Sands, Levin moves awkwardly--on purpose. Ferdinand struggles against an over-whelming passion, giving in to impulse and then regretting it. Clad in black, Levin contorts her face and body, speaking with horrid intensity. Her words spew forth in an uncontrollable stream, superbly conveying Ferdinand's ferocious impetuosity...

Author: By Katherine Ashton, | Title: Someone Else's Nightmare | 4/16/1980 | See Source »

...coli so that it would produce largely complete molecules of human leukocyte IF. At Harvard, Biochemist Tadatsugu Taniguchi, who first isolated an interferon gene while at the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, and Molecular Biologist Mark Ptashne seem on the verge of getting their restructured E. coli to spew out human fibroblast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Big IF in Cancer | 3/31/1980 | See Source »

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