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...students and faculty at this university, during the next few weeks could bring successes scarcely imagined a year ago--successes that will be felt here at Harvard and halfway around the world in Southern Africa--but they could also bring the growing student movement to a crashing and terminal halt...
...powers of persuasion to enlist a few prominent researchers in his crusade. In 1983, for example, he talked two Nobel laureates and other scientists into signing a declaration urging Congress to ban any genetic engineering of human sperm and egg cells, despite the fact that such a ban would halt research aimed at eliminating genetic diseases like sickle- cell anemia and Down's syndrome...
...frantic freshmen for the test is rarely even applicable to future use. Detailed command memorization obscures the underlying need for programming skills that students can apply to future encounters with technology. The VAX system, which connects all terminals to one main computer, frequently falls victim to system failures which halt the already rushed testing sessions and inconvenience test takers and graders...
...suggested that cows could be identified with an ear tag, a tattoo or even a strategically placed microchip. Late in the week a federal district court judge in Rochester, responding to a complaint from the local Humane Society against Agriculture Secretary Richard Lyng, issued a temporary restraining order to halt the branding and directed the USDA to inform all dairymen participating in the program of his action. A full judicial hearing on the issue will be held this week...
...OPEC delegates are scheduled to meet again on April 15 in Geneva to ponder further how to halt the price decline. Whatever is decided, the mere appearance of unity at that session would at least temporarily send oil / prices back up. But many experts doubt either that OPEC can reach an agreement acceptable to all its members or that members would actually honor any commitments to cut production...