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These guidelines, which officials say are fairly rigid compared to other major research faculties, may mean a reduction in sponsored research grants for Harvard. At about $4 million annually, the University's Department of Defense-sponsored research projects may be lost if that branch's pre-publication proposal holds, says Richard B. Leahy, associate dean of the Faculty for research and allied institutions...
...disagrees. Benfari says the problem has been greater under the current Administration. Harvard negotiators have been successful in working out clauses which, if grants were accepted, would violate the Faculty's guidelines, but "It's harder to deal with Washington agencies now. It takes longer, and they're more rigid," she says. Last year, Benfari's negotiating team had to modify between 25 and 30 sponsorships to bring them up to Faculty standards of academic freedom...
...Each department has its own idea of what should be taught. A professor isn't going to appreciate some dean coming in and telling him how to teach his class." Verba explains, adding, "I don't want to set up a rigid police state...
...press may believe that Americans are amused by looking at pictures of smiling Oriental children, Chinese "couples in love" and adorable panda bears. But one important fact is left out: the people are kept under a rigid, totalitarian regime that talks peace, understanding and freedom, but is as militaristic, ruthless and restrictive as the government in Moscow...
...mean-spirited and sanctimonious. But back home in North Carolina, Helms is generally beloved as an outspoken champion of patriotism and oldfashioned social mores. The dilemma for the state's voters is that they also admire James Hunt, their two-term Democratic Governor, who is much less rigid in ideology and far more practical in his politics. Now North Carolinians must choose between the two as Hunt challenges Helms for his Senate seat...