Word: strains
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Edward L. Keenan '57, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, said Thursday the bill would place added strain on the University's budget by forcing it to keep tenured faculty on at full salary for as much as four years past the current retirement...
...lingering doubts about his firm preclude the possibility of confirmation until the details are clear. The Carter administration should therefore drop Miller as its nominee. Clearly, there are other qualified persons to head the Fed, and six months is too long to wait in the face of mounting economic strain...
...shock subsided. They said that those members of the New Orleans elite, along with the less wealthy participants in Mardi Gras, seemed to assume roles, in which the poor were performing as servants to the rich. Superficially, at least, the visitors saw few if any signs of strain or tension between the classes...
Since the Russian flu virus strain was prevalent in 1947-57, many Americans over 25 have some if not substantial immunity. As a result, few if any of the academies' faculty members were among the victims. "It's one of the advantages of being middle-aged," said Dr. Richard S. Foster, the air academy's chief medical officer. How fast this new/old flu will spread among the population at large, however, is unpredictable. It could go on a nationwide rampage within the remaining weeks of winter, or spread slowly, person to person, until next fall...
Michael Crichton, physician, author (The Andromeda Strain) and director (Coma): "I think we can all agree that American medicine, the way it is now, is not successful. But there's no evidence that the Government can run anything. If you like the Post Office, you'll like socialized medicine...