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Many of these savings clearly cannot be sustained for very long; nor can they be duplicated in the future. Moreover, the financial condition of colleges and universities could be upset by unforeseen changes in matters largely beyond the institutions' control−an increase in the rate of inflation, an unexpected decline in the number of high school graduates wanting to continue their education, or more cuts in federal and state support. Thus the current stability of most colleges and universities, welcome as it may be to hard-pressed administrators, is fragile at best...
...defense contracts largely have been due to a Pentagon system called Total Package Procurement, or TPP, which was started by former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara. TPP contractors did not have to build prototypes, and they were allowed to kick up prices if they were hit by inflation or unforeseen technical problems. Result: foxy contractors "bought in" to contracts by deliberately underbidding, then collected huge overruns as costs soared...
...Crimson who will have to settle for sole possession of second place in the Ivy League if they win, could fall into a three-way tie with Brown and Cornell for second with an unforeseen defeat, and is in an extremely delicate situation. It cannot afford a loss because of the damaging psychological effects: it cannot afford any more injuries because of an overall lack of depth; and it cannot afford to think past the Eli to the NCAA regional final on Monday because, as always. Yale is extremely difficult to beat when it plays Harvard...
...strange sags of Harvard Football 1972 draws to a close, yet another chapter of the unforeseen is unfolding before the bewildered fan; Rod Foster, who has returned to the starting line-up as halfback, led the Crimson to a 21-14 victory over Brown last Saturday...
WHILE THE Metropolitan Museum of New York has been digging up Greek vases from European collections, the Fogg has been unearthing photographs from Harvard's own department basements. From these unforeseen sources and with the aid of a $10,000 matching great from the National Endowment of the Arts for the purchase of contemporary American photographs. Davis Pratt, Curator of Photography at the Fogg, has put together handsome exhibition of 20th century photographic masters and innovators. On view until December 31, in Galleries II and III, Contemporary American Photographs dispels the notion that the photographer is any more limited...