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July 12, 2000
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Los Angeles Times, July 9, 2000OPENING WINDOWS TO SLIGHTED WONDERS
If the academic field of art history needed an official advocate for the joys of scholarly discipline and arcane research, it could do no better than Lee Hendrix. A Princeton-educated specialist in 16th and 17th century Northern European drawing and graphic arts, Hendrix heads the department of drawings at the J. Paul Getty Museum, and she has a rare talent for making her work sound as exciting as unlocking the human genetic code. …
The New York Times, July 9, 2000The Nation: Respecting Elders
A Drug Plan Sounds Great, but Who Gets to Set Prices?
IN this election season, helping the elderly pay for their pills is a political no-brainer: everybody's for it. The fight is over how to do it. Republicans, not surprisingly, want private insurers to run any prescription drug benefits plan. Democrats, not surprisingly, want the government in control.
But that classic liberal-conservative clash masks the real issue: how much drugs will cost, and who will set their prices.
"Medicare is the big gorilla," said Uwe Reinhardt, a health care economist at Princeton University. "But there is another fear: If you go to bed with a gorilla, and the gorilla shifts, you get squashed." …
The Times-Picayune, July 9, 2000STEM CELLS MAY BE KEY TO ERADICATING DISEASE
Scientists have taken a peek inside one of the most intriguing cells to biologists today, a stem cell. …
In the latest issue of the journal Science, researchers from Princeton University in New Jersey and the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia report on studies of stem cells from the livers of fetal mice. These cells, also present in people, proliferate to produce all the cells in the blood and immune system. …
The Gazette, July 8, 2000Virus definition in flux
Almost all living cells have both DNA (the chemical that genes are made of) and RNA, a closely related chemical that provides instructions copied from a gene in a handy form the cell can use to make proteins. …
Last week, Princeton University virologists Wade A. Bresnahan and Thomas Shenk announced the human cytomegalovirus (CMV), which can cause hepatitis and other illnesses, is the exception that might force a new definition of ''virus.'' …
The Irish Times, July 8, 2000Pottering around Dublin
THE current edition of Ploughshares, the thrice-yearly publication from Emerson College, Boston, has been edited by poet Paul Muldoon, who is residing Stateside while teaching in Princeton University's creative writing programme. Muldoon gathers together a fine selection of writing including such obvious delights as a short story by Russell Banks, a short play by Joyce Carol Oates, and some song lyrics by Toni Morrison. Further reading also yields up some quieter gems such as James Richardson's "Vectors: 45 Aphorisms and Ten-Second Essays", which includes number 39: "Only half of writing is saying what you mean. The other half is preventing people from reading what they expected you to mean." Indeed. …
Korea Times, July 8, 2000People Economist Launches On-Line Consumer Guide on Arts and Life
At the website www.ArtLifeShop.com, you can meet with celebrated American architect Frank Gehry and come to read his acceptance speech for the prestigious Pritzker prize.
The mastermind of this cyber cultural architecture is Kim Jai-june, an economist at Kookmin University in Seoul. …
He won the doctorate in international trade at Princeton University in the early 1990s. …
The London Free Press, July 8, 2000DEPRESSION LINKED TO LACK OF NEW NEURONS
If you met a girl who sang the blues and asked her for some happy news, she'd just smile and turn away.
If she suffered from clinical depression, though, she wouldn't even smile.
"Recent evidence suggests clinical depression might arise from the brain failing to grow new neurons," write neurobiologists Barry Jacobs, Henriette van Praag and Fred Gage.
Of course, neuron birth is not the whole story of depression, write Jacobs, of Princeton University in New Jersey, and Van Praag and Gage, of the Salk Institute in La Jolla, Calif. …
National Post (formerly The Financial Post), July 08, 2000The wealthy tightwads: Even though more and more people are enjoying a sense of affluence, they are reluctant to give up certain frugal habits
BOSTON - He's affluent enough to live in a Boston-area neighbourhood where the houses cost at least US$1-million. Nevertheless, Dennis Saylor couldn't bear to fork over US$30 to hire someone to haul his old refrigerator to the basement.
Economists might label Mr. Saylor's refrigerator ordeal a 'mental accounting error,' a bad choice in the persistent time-versus-money calculation. Psychologists could say he was reflecting deep ambivalence about the signs of wealth.
Others would call him just plain cheap.
While frugality was viewed by puritans as a good trait, it turned into a negative one beginning in the 1950s, says Sheldon Garon, a historian at Princeton University who is writing a book about frugality. …
New Scientist, July 8, 2000A hole is born . . .
GAMMA-RAY bursters are among the most powerful explosions in the Universe. In less than a second they emit as much energy as a supernova releases - and all of it is in the gamma-ray part of the spectrum. Theorists have come up with scores of proposals, including some quite outlandish ones, to explain how energy is released at such a phenomenal rate, but now a team of astronomers is speculating that it could be the result of a relatively simple act of creation. …
Some other theorists are not yet convinced. According to Bohdan Paczynski of Princeton University, there is plenty of observational evidence that gamma-ray bursts are a special type of supernova caused when massive stars die with a more spectacular bang than most. …
New Scientist, July 8, 2000Double whammy
SOME viruses may get a head start in the infection process by sending RNA as well as DNA into cells. Thomas Shenk and Wade Bresnahan of Princeton University, New Jersey, found that in human cytomegaloviruses, the mRNA transcripts for four different genes are injected into the host cell along with the virus's DNA genome. …
The Associated Press State & Local Wire, July 7, 2000Democrats pledge trade talk won't divide them on platform
Reaching an agreement on trade language won't be easy, but Democrats working on party policy for the next four years insist it's possible.
Alan Blinder, an adviser to Vice President Al Gore and a former Federal Reserve vice chairman, urged the drafting committee to embrace open trade.
"America gets cheaper, better and more preferred goods and that raises the standard of living," said Blinder, now a professor of economics at Princeton University. …
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, July 7, 2000Christian women gather in Atlanta
In an estrogen-laced convergence of ministry and marketing, tens of thousands of women will pile into downtown Atlanta for three major Christian rallies in the next few weeks, beginning tonight.
The events are evidence of what religious leaders have known all along, and may have shortchanged in the hubbub over events such as Promise Keepers rallies:
"I think Promise Keepers spurred some of what we now see among women," said Marie Griffith, associate director of the Center for the Study of Religions at Princeton University and author of "God's Daughters --- Evangelical Women and the Power of Submission." …
Business Wire, July 7, 2000Applied Digital Solutions Subsidiary, Digital Angel.net Inc, Signs Research Agreement With Princeton University and New Jersey Institute of Technology
Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSX) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Digital Angel.net Inc., has signed a research agreement with Princeton University and the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
The expanded research team will assist in the development of Digital Angel(TM), a miniature digital transceiver that could be used for a variety of purposes, such as monitoring the medical conditions of at-risk patients, commodity supply chain management, food safety, preventing the unauthorized use of firearms, providing a tamper-proof means of identification for enhanced e-commerce security, locating lost or missing individuals or pets, and tracking the location of valuable property. It is anticipated that the tiny device - which is intended to be bonded closely to the body or implanted just under the skin - will be able to send and receive data and that it will be tracked by GPS (Global Positioning System) technology. …
The Irish Times, July 7, 2000Amazon blazes an online trail with personalised shopping campaign
Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive officer of Amazon.com, predicted last week that the trusted relationships consumers have had with their banks and other service providers would be replaced as new types of companies built trust through personalisation. Amazon.com, which aims to provide the biggest selection of books, music, toys, and videos on the Internet, is on a mission to emulate the trusted adviser role of those in the financial services industry and the medical profession.
He attended Princeton University where he studied electrical engineering and computer science. …
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 7, 2000Democrats' Platform Panel Hears Familiar Tunes At UMSL Hearing
SPEAKERS ECHO THEMES ESPOUSED BY GORE
National Democratic Party officials heard from environmentalists, educators, gun control proponents and others Thursday as they began to draft the party's platform for the party's convention in August.
Alan Blinder, a Princeton University economist, praised Gore's plan to use budget surpluses to pay down the national debt. "Debt reduction is the best way to ease the burden on Social Security," he said. "What we see on the other side is a massive untargeted tax cut." …
THE BALTIMORE SUN, July 6, 2000An institution's uncertain future
Women: Dwindling membership threatens to undermine sound planning by college clubs to help young scholars.
On a bright May afternoon, 20 women in straw hats and summer suits of pink and yellow and green have gathered in a sprawling New Jersey home to honor this year's recipients of scholarships awarded by the Women's College Club of Princeton.
The Princeton club was formed in 1916 as a social circle for college-educated women. But within a few years, the club was extending interest-free loans to college-bound girls. Then like others around the country, the Princeton group, increasingly well-heeled and heeding tuition increases, began offering scholarships instead of loans.
In its early years, club members tutored Princeton University students and sold sandwiches at college football games to raise money. Today, benefit fashion shows, bridge tournaments and luncheons are handsomely supplemented by bequests and memorial funds. …
Belfast News Letter, July 6, 2000WAR STORIES STARTED GULF SYNDROME, DOCTORS TOLD
SO-called Gulf War Syndrome was a product of stories spread by veterans in a "contagious" fashion after the 1991 conflict, a conference heard yesterday.
Professor Elaine Showalter of Princeton University, New Jersey, said Britain, the United States and Canada had "statistically significant" numbers of veterans reporting symptoms, but soldiers from Kuwait, Scandinavia and France had not reported symptoms. …
Business Wire, July 6, 2000Certive Corporation President Ford Goodman Named by Aspen Institute as Henry Crown Fellow
Ford Goodman, President, Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of Certive Corp., a small-business services start-up in Redwood City, Calif., is one of 16 executives nationwide -- and one of five Bay Area executives -- to be selected to the Aspen Institute's 2000 Class of Henry Crown Fellows.
He holds a BSE in Civil Engineering from Princeton University with a minor in architecture. …
Central News Agency, July 06, 2000ACADEMIA SINICA ANNOUNCES NEW ACADEMICIANS
By Wen-Hung Fang
Lee Yuan-tseh, president of Academia Sinica, the highest research institute in the Republic of China, on Thursday announced the list of 22 newest scholars to be elected to its esteemed Assembly of Members.
The nine new academicians in the mathematics, sciences, and engineering division are: Andrew Yao, 54, professor of computer science at Princeton University. …
The Herald, July 6, 2000Gulf illness spread by word of mouth, says professor
Psychologist cites narrative contagion as one cause of battle syndrome
GULF War Syndrome may in part be psychological, a leading US academic claimed at a Royal College of Psychiatrists conference in Edinburgh yesterday.
Professor Elaine Showalter, of Princeton University, said there are many reasons for the range of symptoms of GWS and we will never identify one single cause, but there is evidence of a "narrative contagion" fuelled by a culture of blame and access to global communications.
Ms Showalter said: "I'm interested in seeing how the syndromes play out socially. I looked closely at the US, the UK and Canada. These are the countries which have statistically significant percentages of Gulf War veterans who have various forms of disorders and, interestingly, the Kuwaitis or the Saudis are not reporting it, Scandanavians who were there are not reporting and the French claim they don't have it, so it does have a kind of social dimension and a kind of demography. …
The Houston Chronicle, July 6, 2000Green Party hopes Nader takes root
Ralph Nader understands that he is not going to be elected president of the United States this year. But then, winning the White House is not exactly what his campaign for the presidency is all about.
He is a graduate of Princeton University and earned his law degree at Harvard.
The Scotsman, July 6, 2000MYSTERY REMAINS ON WAR SYNDROME
THE mystery of Gulf war syndrome and what causes it will never be solved, a leading expert in the field said yesterday.
Addressing the meeting yesterday, a leading American academic and literary theorist, Professor Elaine Showalter, said Gulf war syndrome was the latest in a long line of post-war neuroses such as shellshock in the First World War and fatigue syndrome.
Prof Showalter, of the department of English at Princeton University in New Jersey, said that there were cultural and social reasons for people developing symptoms ranging from headaches to nausea and chronic fatigue syndrome. …
USA TODAY, July 6, 2000Corruption begins, ends at home
Incest, bribery lead to betrayal
American novels about political corruption tend to smooth the ragged edges off the villainy. Think of the lovable rogue in The Last Hurrah or the flawed hero in All the King's Men. Chalk it up to America's romance with optimism.
Painfully poor countries like India may not be able to afford such optimism. Perhaps that explains the raw and unromantic realism in Akhil Sharma's debut novel, An Obedient Father.
At 28, Sharma is a story himself. At 9, he emigrated with his parents from New Delhi to New Jersey. He went on to study writing at Princeton University with Toni Morrison, win a writing fellowship to Stanford and graduate from Harvard Law School. …
Business Wire, July 5, 2000Caliber Collision Centers Promotes Key Executives
Caliber Collision Centers, an Irvine-based consolidator of high-quality collision repair facilities in California and Texas, Wednesday announced the promotions of Doug Boazman, Shawn Hezar and Dan Pettigrew.
Pettigrew holds an undergraduate degree from Princeton University and an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. …
Business Wire, July 5, 2000William Krivoshik Joins Global Investment Management and Private Banking Group as Global Technology Head
Global Investment Management and Private Banking Group announced today that William Krivoshik has joined the firm as Managing Director and Sector Global Head of Technology.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Princeton University and holds a M.S., Computer Science from Stanford University. …
THE ORLANDO SENTINEL, July 5, 2000SUMMER BIBLE SCHOOLS OFFER JAZZED-UP STUDY
THE GOAL OF SPREADING THE GOSPEL REMAINS THE SAME, BUT TODAY'S METHODS INCLUDE ELABORATE SHOWS AND BACKDROPS DESIGNED TO HOLD KIDS' ATTENTION.
Across the denominational spectrum, churches are turning to curriculum specialists who translate the time-honored elements of VBS -- songs, Bible stories, moral lessons, games and snacks -- and repackage them into jazzy presentations. …
"This is really a national phenomenon," said Robert Wuthnow, director of Princeton University's Center for the Study of Religion. "The VBS program has to be a class act." …
The Evening Post, July 4, 2000NZ should step forward in region
As Asian trust in the US declines, an American scholar is urging New Zealand to take a stronger role in Asia-Pacific affairs. THE United States needs to take a back seat in the Asia-Pacific region and let countries like New Zealand take a stronger leadership role, says a visiting American scholar.
Gilbert Rozman, professor of sociology at Princeton University and a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, says the US on its own cannot promote economic development and security within the Asia-Pacific region. …
Gloucestershire Echo, July 4, 2000T S Eliot letters auctioned
Letters from poet T S Eliot to a friend in the Cotswolds have fetched GBP 7,820 at auction.
They tell the story of Eliot's 30-year relationship with mutual friend Emily Hale and his decision not to marry her after his wife Vivienne's death in 1947.
But following his wife's death Eliot sought to distance himself from her, and then cut all ties in 1957 when Hale handed over her letters from him to Princeton University's library. …
International Herald Tribune, July 4, 2000Midnight's Grandchildren Come Into Their Own
The tale begins in the middle of a swelteringly hot April night in 1996 on a train meandering through the Indian countryside. Pankaj Mishra, a 27-year- old editor at Harper Collins's India division, was reading a manuscript, a first novel by a relatively unknown Indian film writer.
Now, four years later, a young, critically praised generation of Indian writers - some of whom are now New Yorkers - are following in Roy's footsteps in their chosen language, English.
They are often called Midnight's Grandchildren in homage to another seminal Indian novel, Salman Rushdie's ''Midnight's Children,'' …
Rushdie, of course, still has many defenders. Michael Wood, a professor of English at Princeton University who has written about Rushdie, said that Rushdie ''is interested in reimagining reality itself, not in just imagining alternatives to reality.'' …
The San Diego Union-Tribune, July 4, 2000Are we moving full circle on universal health care? Presidential campaign brings hot issue back to stage center
Long before Monica-gate put a stamp of disapproval on his presidency, President Clinton's failed push for universal health coverage took on all the appearances of being the Waterloo for which his administration would be remembered.
Uwe Reinhardt, a health economist at Princeton University, takes an even more cynical viewpoint, saying the moral imperative to fix the uninsured problem is missing and, "this country is actually quite comfortable living with millions of people uninsured." …
The Times-Picayune, July 4, 2000SCIENCE BRIEFS
From wire reports
--- Virus appears more complex than others ---
WASHINGTON -- Viruses are smaller and simpler than cells; they lack much of the equipment needed for independent living. …
Last week, Princeton University virologists Wade Bresnahan and Thomas Shenk announced that the human cytomegalovirus (CMV), which can cause hepatitis and other illnesses, is the exception that might force a new definition of "virus." …
The Boston Globe, July 3, 2000STUDENT NEWSLINE
MAPPING THE HUMAN GENOME
WASHINGTON - In an achievement so profound that no metaphor seemed able to capture it, scientists last week said they have pieced together a "rough draft" of the human genome - the entire set of DNA scripts in our cells that strongly influence health and illness, behavior, special abilities, and how long we live.
With just the DNA sequence, "We have the encyclopedia, but we don't have 'Hamlet,' " said Shirley Tilghman, a Princeton University geneticist who worked on the genome project. …
Daily Press, July 3, 2000ON THE MOVE
- Winthrop A. Short Jr., a partner in the firm's litigation section, is expanding his practice to the Newport News office. Short will continue to focus his practice on real estate and business disputes. He earned his law degree from Boston College and his bachelor's degree from Princeton University.
THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, July 3, 2000Clinical depression detectives investigate birth of brain cells
If you met a girl who sang the blues and asked her for some happy news, she'd just smile and turn away.
If she suffered from clinical depression, though, she wouldn't even smile.
"Recent evidence suggests that clinical depression might arise from the brain failing to grow new neurons," write neurobiologists Barry Jacobs, Henriette van Praag and Fred Gage.
Of course, neuron birth is not the whole story of depression, write Dr. Jacobs, of Princeton University in New Jersey, and Drs. Van Praag and Gage, of the Salk Institute in La Jolla, Calif. …
The Ledger, July 3, 2000CITY ATTORNEY TAKES PATH UNPLANNED
MONDAY PROFILE
GEORGE T. DUNLAP III
George Dunlap strides through City Hall with confidence and a smile for those he passes.
After nearly 40 years in Bartow, including 29 years as city attorney, the 65-year-old from New Jersey could be mistaken for a native.
His mother had been a model in New York and his father was one of the nation's best golfers. He won the U.S. Amateur tournament in 1933 and two college championships as a student at Princeton. He also played on some Walker Cup teams. …
The Toronto Star, July 3, 2000FROM DING-DONG TO DOT-COM
For the first time in the 114-year history of Avon Products Inc., the men no longer wear the pants at head office. The chief executive of the New York- based cosmetic giant is a woman, Toronto-born Andrea Jung.
At 41, Jung is one of a handful of women to attain the level of chief executive officer among the Fortune 500 companies. She cracked through the glass ceiling last November, to become the first woman to head Avon.
Through born in Toronto, Jung's family left for the United States when she was very young. After graduating magna cum laude from Princeton University, she moved to New York and rose through the fashion ranks of Bloomingdales, upscale specialty store I. Magnin, then Neiman Marcus. …
The Washington Post, July 3, 2000SCIENCE
Notebook
A Different Kind of Virus
Viruses are smaller and simpler than cells; they lack much equipment needed for independent living. That simplicity is reflected in their genetic material. Almost all living cells have both DNA (the chemical that genes are made of) and RNA, a closely related chemical that provides instructions copied from a gene in a handy form that the cell can use to make proteins. However, viruses, by definition, contain only DNA or RNA--never both.
Or so scientists used to think. Last week, Princeton University virologists Wade A. Bresnahan and Thomas Shenk announced that the human cytomegalovirus (CMV), which can cause hepatitis and other illnesses, is the exception that may force a new definition of "virus." …
The Cincinnati Enquirer, July 2, 2000Managers for Lucas, Bell offer a study in contrasts
The kind of people who work in a political campaign says a lot about a candidate. And the state of a campaign team - the organization, the focus, the appearance of professionalism or chaos - often provides a road map to where a candidate is heading.
It's a little early to start handicapping this year's 4th Congressional District race between Democratic incumbent Ken Lucas and Republican Don Bell based solely on whom they have chosen to run their campaigns.
But it's interesting to view the contrasting styles of the two campaign managers - Travis Sowders, a soft-spoken Democrat from Barbourville, Ky., and Republican Eric Deters, an outspoken Independence attorney.
"My parents are working people," said Mr. Sowders, 25, raised by a truck driver and a medical secretary. "To me, the Democrats are all about looking out for working people."
He graduated No. 2 in his class at Knox Central High School, went off to Princeton University, where he received a degree in public policy, and landed on Capitol Hill working for a West Virginia congressman. …
MONTACHUSETT TELEGRAM & GAZETTE, July 02, 2000Original 'Overture' will debut at concert
Composer's celebration of Fitchburg will highlight city's July 4th festivities
- Raging River, Rolling Stone: Overture and March for Band and Orchestra,'' a commissioned march written by composer Barbara White of Princeton University, will have its premiere at this year's Fourth of July celebration in Fitchburg.
Ms. White's original march music, inspired by Fitchburg, will be performed as part of Thayer Symphony Orchestra's 11th annual Youth at the Pops concert and fireworks display at the Bernardian Bowl. …
The Observer, July 2, 2000In my view: Don't let UK spoil the euro show
Euroland leaves UK to its angst agonising
THE Labour Party is just as obsessed with the pound's ill-fated adventures within the European Exchange Rate Mechanism as the Conservatives were and are. …
Many reputable economists, such as Peter Kenen of Princeton University, are arguing that the elimination of the pound's volatility (at least vis-a-vis European currencies) weighs heavily on the pro side of the pound's entry to the single currency. …
THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC, July 1, 2000ARCHITECT HITS BULL'S-EYE
WHIMSICAL DESIGNS ARE RIGHT ON TARGET
Michael Graves may be internationally renowned in design circles, but the architect hardly has been a household name.
A whimsical little teakettle he designed for Target, however, has brought his fame to a boil.
The Princeton University architecture professor created a tempest in a teakettle of sorts when the Target line debuted in February 1999. Graves' sleek $34.95 kettle had a striking resemblance to one he'd designed in the '80s for Alessi, the European housewares giant, which sells for $115. Alessi steamed, but the comparison made Target's egg-handled kettle - and Graves - all the hotter. …
Aerospace Daily, June 27, 2000DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY; Vol. 194, No. 61; Pg. 488
Polymer Light Emitting Diode Consortium, c/o Planar Systems Inc.
Polymer Light Emitting Diode Consortium, c/o Planar Systems Inc., Beaverton, Ore., was awarded on June 22, 2000, a $ 6,072,858 other transaction for polymer light emitting diode color displays on flexible substrates. Work will be performed in Beaverton, Ore. (Planar Systems Inc., 29%), Waltham, Mass. (3M Co., 14%), Princeton, N.J. (Princeton University, 5%), Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Rockwell Collins, Rockwell International Corp., 13%), and Thousand Oaks, Calif. (Rockwell Science Center, 38%). …
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, June 27, 2000BREAKING THE CODE
Describing it as a historic point in medicine, scientists announce the deciphering of the human gene map.
In an achievement so profound that no metaphor seemed able to capture it, scientists said Monday that they have pieced together a "rough draft" of the human genome -- the entire set of DNA scripts in our cells that strongly influence health and illness, behavior, special abilities, and how long we live.
With just the DNA sequence, "we have the encyclopedia, but we don't have Hamlet," said Shirley Tilghman, a Princeton University geneticist and an architect of the genome project. …
Insight on the News, June 26, 2000Can Dark Horse Nader Give Gore a Run for His Money?
SUMMARY: Ralph Nader says his 2000 presidential run will be a vast improvement over his previous efforts ^^ and Al Gore may stand to lose the most in presidential sweepstakes as a result.
No slouch, Nader was educated at Princeton and Harvard, has authored or edited a dozen books and is the father of a hive of citizen-activist groups. He likes to quote Roman patriot Cicero who, in trying to save the republic, said, "Freedom is participation in power." …
The Florida Times-Union, June 25, 2000HEROES OF THE 'FORGOTTEN WAR'
Sitting in his large study behind a massive wooden desk, surrounded by numerous awards and military decorations, retired Army Col. Joseph Love remembers the horrors he witnessed during the Korean War with stoicism worthy of a career soldier.
Paul Miles, a professor at Princeton University who studies military history, said the Korean War is often forgotten because it was fought so shortly after World War II and then subsequently overshadowed by the Vietnam War.
'Americans were not used to the limited war they saw in Korea. They expected the total war they had seen in World War II,' he said. 'It was a difficult war to understand. Korea didn't lend itself to the same dramatic battles and victories.' …
Knoxville News-Sentinel, June 25, 2000Clinton High teacher to take summer studies at Princeton
Harry "Whitey" Hitchcock of Oak Ridge has been awarded a Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship for summer study at Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.
The summer institute will gather 40 high school biology teachers from across the country as part of a Leadership for Teachers Program from Wednesday, July 5, through Saturday, July 29. …