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Because of financial difficulties-- brought on by inflation and decreasing endowments--the research activities of the allied institutions have decreased significantly, Solbrig and Dowling said. All members of the Organismic Division hope that the institutions can come closer to the University and regain some of their former research momentum...
...seeds of federalism. But the notion was seized upon last November by those shaping the State of the Union message, in part because it was fine political strategy. Reagan badly needed a vehicle to avoid dwelling on the depressing but pressing problems of budget deficits and unemployment and to regain domination of the political debate. The White House, therefore, beefed up the federalism idea to give the second-act curtain raiser of the Reagan presidency a show-stopping wallop. Says one adviser: "We thought of it as another go-for-broke idea, a big idea, another way in which Reagan...
...only interesting aspect of the contest was the reemergence of Harvard captain Donald Fleming who scored 16 points as 30 minutes and showed hours quickly he could regain his offered touch after a sever four slump...
...regain that scoring touch: I think we'll be there. I've got a good feeling about...
...snakes in this Eden." In the short term, both appeared to be right. For seven years, under contract, the two institutions will continue to cross-register courses and share facilities. (Barnard's library has 150,000 volumes, Columbia University's 5 million.) Barnard will regain control over its own faculty (tenure will be decided by a committee of two Barnard and two Columbia professors, plus one outside scholar). Futter insists that the contract will provide stability and that Barnard's $25 million endowment can support its program. The college emphasizes strong teaching and has a largely female...