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...There is another side of the argument for security. Our responsibility is not only to this generation, but to the next generation," says Yen-Tsai Feng, the Larsen librarian of Harvard College. "We must strike a balance...
...Just having books is no good if you can't use them," says Larsen Librarian of Harvard College Yen-Tsai Feng, who oversees Widener Library's more than three million books. Widener keeps more than 150,000 of its volumes in the depositories...
...fidgety governments struggled with little success to halt the trend, the U.S. dollar took off last week on the sharpest rally since it surged to record heights against major currencies in 1985. The frenzied rise -- which brought the greenback's gain against the West German mark and the Japanese yen to 12.5% so far this year -- raised disturbing doubts about the ability of the U.S. and its major trading partners to keep exchange rates under control. "This is a runaway freight train," said Jay Goldinger, a Los Angeles-based trader. "Anyone who tries to stand in the way will...
...week's end traders pushed the dollar to a 2 1/2-year high of 1.977 West German marks. That pierced the 1.90-mark ceiling that the U.S. and its trading partners reportedly agreed to in a 1987 accord. In Tokyo the dollar's high reached 139.88 yen, its loftiest level in 16 months and just below the 140-yen ceiling that the allies set. The U.S. and its partners are determined to do what they can to slam on the brakes -- but whether their efforts would slow down the runaway dollar remained an open question...