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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...long will it take before Harvard recognizes not only the legitimacy but the importance of this discipline and the remarkably widespread interest it holds for students? And how long until the University decides to fund an expanded, non-selective Literature concentrations and more professors who can teach theory in the English-department? Probably, as Professor Jardine put it, "as long as it takes for students to make their wishes very well known to the powers that be." Or maybe just a little while longer...

Author: By D. JOSEPH Menn, | Title: Old(e) English(e) | 4/2/1985 | See Source »

...What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School, McCormack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Best Sellers: Apr. 1, 1985 | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

...network under its new owner will probably be trimmer and tougher. It will be watched by everyone in the industry, just as it was during its dazzling 1970s rise. ABC may still have a thing or two to teach its broadcast brothers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: A Network Blockbuster | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

...different books in one, alternately sentimental and nasty, inspirational and hard-boiled, by turns a conventional autobiography, a gossippy cuss-and-tell expose, an executive primer, a knowing account of Chrysler's renaissance and a sketchy excursion into public policy prescription. Sort of Citizen Lee: What They Don't Teach the Street-Smart One-Minute Salesperson About the Search for Excellence at Harvard Business School...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Spunky Tycoon Turned Superstar | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

...they might, computer scientists seemed unable to overcome these deficiencies--until Victor Zue came along. Zue is a Chinese-born M.I.T. scientist who decided to teach himself to read spectrograms (computer-enhanced versions of the electrical wave forms of speech) as if they were words. This was no easy task. While spectrograms made by one person repeating the same word look alike, those made by another differ considerably. Zue discovered, however, that no matter how unlike spectrograms appear, they all have certain features in common. For example, the s in stop will appear as a dark rectangular wedge, no matter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: His Master's (Digital) Voice | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

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