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What went wrong? "We obviously stubbed our toe," says Pierce. "We had what we considered a slump season." Others claim they could sense a growing attitude of caution and complacency. Says Leonard Goldberg, co-creator of the profitable Charlie's Angels and executive producer of this season's dud, Paper Dolls: "What made ABC so successful was that its programming was new, exciting and progressive." Garry Marshall, the creator of Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley, agrees: "As I was leaving ABC to make films, the programming side was no longer selling innovativeness. The network was getting conservative...
...example, administrators often favor the most publicly visible research which has the greatest chance toe enhance the reputation of their school. Although Harvard is widely noted for its efforts to teach the basic fundamentals of science, it has also begun to emphasize advanced research at the expense of the basics. For example, the University recently constructed a greenhouse to attract a professor from another university whose work deals with visible issues such as the effects of "nuclear winter." This is not to say that Harvard should not have gone to great lengths to attract the scholar, who is undoubtedly...
...emphasizing highly technical and advanced research over more basic teachings, because it is "more attractive" toe federal and corporate sponsors. Harvard and other universities across the nation could seriously be damaging the nation's prospects for scientific advancements. At Harvard, the introductory level science courses, such as Physics I and Chemistry to, are noted for their appallingly low CUE Guide ratings. The need for a stronger basic curriculum looms larger as a growing number of reports point out the failure of high schools to train students in those areas...
...from donors and other supporters (primarily the federal government, an institution which Harvard is currently, and quite rightly, accusing of excessive paternalism in its dealings with the University). A major change by Harvard towards portfolio activism would give individual donors and supporters far more justification to demand that Harvard toe some ideological or political line in return for contributions...
...Moreover, Hanon was hampered by the government in trying to trim his work force of 98,000. Says one company official: "The government asked too much of Bernard Hanon, to be an effective corporate executive and to run Renault as a social showcase." Hanon attempted to toe that fine line with a plan that called for a reduction of some 9,000 jobs. Although the proposal did not involve any forced layoffs, it was rejected last month by the unions...