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Although Cornell can afford to carry on the supercomputer project without the federal money, giving up $10 million is a bitter pill to swallow. Thus the decision is both bold and praiseworthy. Other universities should also demand that the merit-review process be maintained. Indeed, some have already begun to do so--witness Harvard Vice President for Government and Public Affairs John Shattuck, who pledged that Harvard "will refuse all money not received by the peer review process...
Texaco switched from offense to defense as Casseb's ruling approached. The company announced last week that it had adopted a so-called poison-pill provision to ward off raiders who might be tempted to try a takeover in view of the dip in Texaco stock. And one hour before going to court on Tuesday, Texaco offered to sell Pennzoil at 1984 prices the 1 billion bbl. of oil and gas reserves that it had originally wanted to buy from Getty. Liedtke called the offer "silly...
...Many of the commonsensical scientific facts that were learned in school a generation ago had to be subsequently unlearned. The most healthy diet was once considered to be red meat every day and lots of eggs and milk too. The auto would run for a year on a uranium pill. Babies (the more the better) must be fed on a strict schedule every three hours; no, babies must be fed whenever they cry; no, on a schedule . . . And the sun never sets on the British empire...
...comparison, the over-the-counter stimulant No-Doz lists its caffeine content as 100 mg per pill...
Pharmaceutical companies have been especially vulnerable. Merrell Dow, a Cincinnati-based subsidiary of Dow Chemical, last year agreed to establish a $120 million fund to satisfy claims that Bendectin, a pill prescribed for morning sickness during pregnancy, caused birth defects. But attorneys for some plaintiffs rejected the settlement, and the debate about Bendectin is back in the courts. Last week Eli Lilly pleaded guilty to criminal charges stemming from injuries caused by its arthritis drug Oraflex...