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York Times disagree over how much impact the hostage crisis had; CBS News says not much, while the New York Times analysis says it "was a major element...
...present, many universities grant licenses to private companies to use their discoveries in exchange for royalty payments. Over the years, the Procter & Gamble Co., makers of Crest toothpaste, paid Indiana University more than $2 million because Indiana held a patent on stannous fluoride. The novel element in Bok's proposal was the idea that universities could make more money by cutting out the middleman and sharing directly in the equity of their own product-development companies. As costs rise throughout higher education, commercial temptations will grow, and the search for ways to turn campus research into cam pus revenue...
...element is conspicuously missing, it is a strong masculine presence for her sensibility to play off against. The most important man in her life is rarely addressed because he is so constantly with her: her husband, Leonard Woolf. Yet there are glimpses of her devotion to and dependence on him, as when she mentions the "immortal rhythm" of their quiet times together in Sussex. This final volume closes with the simple, moving note she left him when, at 59, fearing the loss of her artistic gift and sensing the onset of another bout of madness, she decided to drown herself...
...School wrestling champion, decided to devote himself to rugby. "It offers a different outlook on sport," he said. "Rugby's casual, without any pressure from a coach or alumni. The social aspect (weekend roadtrips to away games, the annual "pig roast," and kegs after games) almost equals the competitive element," Oberg adds; "My rugby experience has reallybeen the people met and the friendships made...
...crisis and get on with their desperate struggle against Iraq. From embattled Dezful in Khuzistan province, Banisadr said last week that the sooner the Americans were released, the quicker Iran could obtain foreign resources -presumably including U.S. military spare parts. Said he: "During a war, time is a decisive element...