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Cabot has also demonstrated that his company will be more aware of the social behavior of the corporations in which Harvard invests than its predecessors. he will steer the portfolio clear of companies such as Middle South Utilities that end up causing a great deal of trouble for the University and may in the long run cost the University money because they must pay for past misdeeds out of profits...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard's Changing Financial Family | 4/26/1974 | See Source »

...When you leave the hill crest you leave the road," Wetzel said. He had been instructed to steer for a telephone pole across the road, which would serve as a bearing to keep him on course when the car touched down. "As the pole loomed in front me, and I got closer and closer, I couldn't help letting out a 'God almighty,'" he said. The race car landed 20 feet in front of the pole and Wetzel pulled through the turn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Races Pro Circuit | 3/22/1974 | See Source »

Music notes. Local favorite Tom Rush plays The Performance Center this week through Saturday, March 23, 8 and 10:30 p.m.... Grace Slick and Paul Kantner steer the Jefferson Starship into the Music Hall Wednesday, March 27 at 8 p.m.... Brandeis presents a mixture of glittery soul and local boogie when lke and Tina Turner meet the Chris Rhodes Band on Saturday, March 23 at Shapiro Gym, Brandeis University, at 8 p.m. Call 661-3877 for info.... The legendary Preservation Hall Jazz Band moves to Symphony Hall this Friday, March...

Author: By Peter M. Shane, | Title: Rock and Folk | 3/21/1974 | See Source »

...little bit of high-protein feed. Their diet is made "hotter" by adding larger proportions of corn, malt, sour-smelling silage, beet pulp, minerals and antibiotics. The animal's metabolism is soon racing so hard to digest the rich fare that if its diet is drastically changed, the steer will sicken and could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Raising Cattle by Computer | 3/18/1974 | See Source »

...bunker, one can detect no more than an inch or so of variation in the height of their identical-looking rumps. Uniformity is only partly the result of breeding. More important than genetics are the skillful methods used to turn every calf into a 1,100-lb., slightly blocky steer that will yield USDA Choice Grade Beef. The object is to remove as many variables from the beef-raising process as possible and replace them with more stable techniques copied from the assembly line. "If we do things a little bit better than the others," says Farr, "when we lose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Raising Cattle by Computer | 3/18/1974 | See Source »

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