Word: claire
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Malcolm Kalp, 43, a communications employee, was kept in solitary for 374 of the 444 days and frequently beaten. The reason: he tried several times to escape. Clair Barnes, who served in the communications section, said that other hostages who attempted to flee in the first days of the occupation were beaten with rubber hoses...
...DIED. Clair Farrand, 85, holder of more than 250 patents for inventions including the cone radio loudspeaker (which supplanted earphones and horn speakers), an electronic measuring device used in computer memories and submarine navigation, and optical technologies used in range finders, bombsights and periscopes; of a heart attack; in Palm Springs, Calif...
...Clair Shores, Mich...
People at the Medical School are wary of reverse discrimination, Clair says, adding that some feel that actively recruiting minorities for faculty positions will result in a drop in standards. But this is not the case, Clair, who served as a student member of the Med School admissions committee during his second year, says. "Because of the intense competition for faculty positions, large numbers of highly qualified people get overlooked, and because minorities make up such a small percentage of those seeking positions, their chance of being overlooked is great. Active recruitment is simply a way of making qualified minorities...
...success in attaining a faculty position depends in part on ties he makes with faculty members while still a student, Clair said, adding that minority students often find it difficult to create these ties. "Faculty members find people they feel comfortable with, and often they feel more comfortable with majority students. There are also the socio-economic factors--people are often more comfortable with those from their own backgrounds...