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These obstacles aside, though, the executive board's decision marked an important step for the council. The vote acknowledged that the council does not hold a monopoly on representing student's concerns. We hope that the issues discussed by the student activist at the meeting will not be overshadowed by the council's agenda. It's about time the council realized that divestment and open governance are issues that greatly concern a significant number of Harvard undergraduates. That the Coporation invited the council to the meeting scheduled for March is the result of the divestment-activist led petition drive last...
...becomes operational. Besides, say ISF proponents, it poses no threat to NASA. Designed primarily for materials research and automated manufacturing, it will use little new technology and carry no life-support systems for visiting astronauts. Explains Space Industries CEO Maxime Faget, an ex-NASA engineer: "We're an interim step toward the space station." At least, says Thomas Lee, deputy director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, the new policy "gives us a clear understanding of the long-term priorities...
...buildup of cholesterol. Merck spent eight years assessing lovastatin's safety. By November 1986, when Merck sought FDA approval for what was then known as MK- 803, agency officials were already familiar with the details, because the company had kept them informed of the drug's progress every step of the way. FDA approval last August came after just nine months of review, instead of the usual 30 months...
Agreeing to a ten- month timetable for withdrawal of his troops, Gorbachev says the next round of Geneva talks may be the last. The tanks could begin clanking homeward by May 15. -- In Austria, Waldheim resists new pressure to step down. -- A former top aide to Panamanian Strongman Noriega tells of corruption on a grand scale. -- Growing militance among West Bank settlers...
...South Korea. Though Kim and his longtime rival, Kim Dae Jung, 62, together drew 55% of the votes in December's presidential election, Government Candidate Roh Tae Woo, 55, was able to win with just 37% of the total. Kim Young Sam showed his contrition last week by stepping down as head of the Reunification Democratic Party, the main opposition group. He said the move was aimed at promoting unity among antigovernment forces in National Assembly elections, which have been scheduled for this spring. Kim Dae Jung, for his part, has installed a system of collective leadership for his Party...