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...There's always a friction" between faculty, Huchra said, deriving from the perceived "second-class" citizenship of the Smithsonian staff. Other tensions appear when the center attempts to set long-range goals. Professor of Astronomy Margaret J. Geller says that Harvard has been "dragging its feet" on a proposed $20 million telescope to be built in the Southern Hemisphere. The University apparently prefers to rely for now on the Smithsonian facilities...
Even if the proposal is approved by themasters, Quincy House Master Michael Shinagel saidthat the issue would have to be approved by thestudents. Dana M. Bush '91, a member of theresidential committee of the UndergraduateCouncil, said the cable proposal was discussedlast year, but there was friction with ContinentalCable over the idea of students cancelling theirservice at the end of each academic year. Thiswould obviously have to be the case if masterslike Bossert are to support the plan. According toBush, the topic hasn't been discussed yet thisyear
Bush generated further friction as he assembled his governing team. Just as the capital anointed James Baker as de facto deputy President, Bush broke away from his old friend and campaign manager. Against Baker's advice, he passed over his current lieutenant, Craig Fuller, 37, for the job of White House chief of staff and turned to an outsider, New Hampshire Governor John Sununu, 49. Fuller, who had served Bush for four years, responded by quitting...
...Harvard's director of state relations, Richard Doherty, agrees that "town-gown friction is really most evident around the issue of real estate...
When Iran and Iraq decided to end their eight-year war, oil producers hoped that a new spirit of unity in OPEC would lead to a boost in crude prices. But the cartel is still fueled more by friction than by fellowship, and oil prices are plunging. Last week the cost of West Texas Intermediate, the benchmark grade of U.S. crude, dropped 4%, to $14.18 per bbl. -- its lowest level in nearly two years. Reason: although OPEC agreed last month to hold daily output to 15 million bbl., some 20 million bbl. are flooding the market each day. Among those...