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...first real conflict that took place in the area came up about seven years ago over genetics and recombinant DNA. It not only pitted activist against researcher, but divided the scientific community as well Nobel laureates George Wald, Higgins Professor of Biology, and James D. Watson, Cabot Professor of Natural Science, openly clashed as leftist Wald opposed unbridled research while Watson who helped discover DNA two decades earlier argued the case for free rein...
...grudging respect of senior news executives at all three major networks. Says Van Gordon Sauter, president of CBS News: "We see CNN as a very good service . . . but not of network quality." Adds Richard Wald, senior vice president for news at ABC: "CNN does a nice, straightforward, basic rendition of the news very competently." Outside analysts are more generous. Anthony Hoffmann, a cable analyst for Warburg Paribas Becker Securities, observes, "People talking to a CNN reporter do not seem to think they are talking to the whole world and so they say things they will not say to the networks...
...Richard C. Lawontin, Agassiz Professor of Zoology: John Womack, professor of History: Ruth Hubbard, professor of Biology: Lee Rainwater, professor of Sociology: Erwin N. Hiebert, professor of the History of Science: Duncan M. Kennedy, professor of Law: Nathan I. Huggins, Dubois Professor of History and Afro-American Studies: George Wald. Higgins Professor of Biology Emeritus: and Stephen Jay Gould, professor of Geology
...race for Cambridge's mayoralty enters its 785th ballot, with the vote split evenly between Lenny Russell and David Wylie. Swing vote Al Vellucci hints he may back George Wald for the post, even though Wald is not a city councilor. "At least he's not a frintcake like the rest of those guys at Harvard," says the East Cambridge councilor...
Take George Wald. The Higgins Professor Emeritus of Biology has two presents he'd like to receive: "decency in American government" and "a second political party in America." Try stuffing those in your stocking...