Divestment backers seek Harvard Overseers seats
Harvard alumni group Harvard and Radcliffe Alumni Against Apartheid seeks six Overseers seats to push divestment from South Africa. Harvard resists, citing selective divestment and goals beyond a single issue. The slate features Ruth Messinger Peter Wood and Victor Sidel as candidates.
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Harvard University
South Africa
Harvard
Chester W. Hartman
Radcliffe
Harvard Corp
Hartman
New York City
Ruth Messinger
Duke University
Peter Wood
Victor Sidel
Physicians For Social Responsibility
KU Professor Joins Board Of New Superconductivity Firm
KU physics professor Kai-Wai Wong and Wai Yim Ching of UMKC studied Chu's superconducting material revealing a structure meeting the original theory. Wong joined Applied Superconductivity Inc. board, aiming to translate discoveries into marketable tech while noting scientific focus over finance.
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Kai-Wai
Ken
Wong
New York Times
Paul C.W. Chu
Chu
University of Houston
Wai Yim Ching
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Applied Superconductivity Inc
Delaware
Los Angeles
Calif
United States
IBM
Japan
Richard Gwin
Kansas University
Kai-Wai Wong
Lawmakers doubt ban on SSC incentives will pass
Lawmakers express little chance of House approval for a ban on using state incentives from Illinois Texas and others to choose a site for the 4.4 billion Superconducting Super Collider The Senate already approved a related amendment Democrats and Republicans clash over the approach with Energy Secretary Herrington criticizing the measure while supporters insist on rewarding states that invest in facilities
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Illinois
Texas
Pete Domenici
R-N.m
Senate
Department of Energy
DOE
Dennis Hastert
Ill
Hastert
Energy
John Herrington
House Appropriations Committee
Jamie L. Whitten
D-Miss
Bruce
House
Science, Space and Technology Committee
Trade agency finds tariffs fail to fix record deficit
The FTC reports that expanding trade deficits stem from broad factors like the high dollar and U S growth, not U S industry competitiveness. Tariffs or industry quotas would harm the economy, it says, and do not curb the 166.3 billion dollar deficit cited last year.
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United States
U.S
Federal Trade Commission
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Daniel Oliver
Oliver
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President’s Commission On Industrial Competitiveness
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