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...exclusive salvage rights in federal court last year through the arcane principle of "tele-possession" because its unmanned robot, equipped with cameras and mechanical arms, can operate in waters too deep for divers. But ten British and American insurance companies insist that the loot is theirs since their predecessor companies paid off the loss more than a century ago. Even the Ivy League has joined the fray. Columbia University, whose researchers provided sonar maps of the ocean bottom, is also angling for a share...
...Committee was first convened by Spence's predecessor as dean, Geyser University Professor Henry Rosovsky, who said he set it up as a "sounding board...
...Spence's predecessor as dean, Geyser UniversityProfessor Henry Rosovsky has also been mentionedas a possible temporary replacement, although heis now a member of the Harvard Corporation, theUniversity's chief governing body...
...ways never imagined. In a surprise court victory last week, the ailing Olympic Federal Savings of Berwyn, Ill., convinced federal Judge Royce Lamberth that the Government's Office of Thrift Supervision currently has no power to seize the S&L. Reason: acting OTS director Salvatore Martoche and his predecessor, M. Danny Wall, were never constitutionally appointed to their posts...
Although still considered experimental, Ofek-2 (the name means Horizon in Hebrew) is equipped with a state-of-the-art high-resolution electro-optical camera and is programmed to circle the globe for at least two years. Its predecessor, Ofek-1, was launched in September 1988 and stayed aloft four months...