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Thousands of college students who will flock to Cambridge this weekend for the Head of the Charles, the world's largest crew regatta, won't be welcomed guests this year. Following the lead of local police, the Masters of the nine river houses agreed last week to tighten security during the Head of the Charles, which a Harvard crew coach said this week is often marred by "drunken stumblebums...
Critics say that Gilbert's copyright ideas could transform campus-based research by increasing the profit motive for professors. The free exchange of information would be restricted as scholars worry about protecting their discoveries from competitors. And connections between professors and the companies that develop their finds would tighten the ties between universities and industries, which critics fear will threaten academic freedom...
...prospect of pistol-packing hordes at shopping malls, sporting events and even Disney World has inspired a movement to tighten the loophole before it takes effect. "We want to bring Florida into the 1990s, not the 1890s," says State Attorney General Robert Butterworth, who is spearheading the effort. He has asked Governor Bob Martinez to consider an amendment to the bill during a special legislative session this week. But the Governor has decided to keep the gun bill off the agenda, and it is unlikely legislators will vote to change their handiwork during the regular legislative session in November...
...will severely tighten our ability to provide patient care," said Janelle Heineke, director of Womens Health Service at Mt. Auburn Hospital. "This is a labor intensive concern, and a cap is not the way to resolve financial problems," she added...
...being impressionable, but not hyper-credulous simps. His first two tactics for system beating, his Vague Generalities and Artful Equivocations, seem to presume the latter, and are only going to convice Crimson-reading graders (there are a few, and we tell our friends) that the time has come to tighten the screws just a bit more...