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The political scientist Samuel P. Huntington (above), who died last month, took on the discipline's most important policy questions. His controversial work overturned more than a few prevailing theories, writes Aaron L. Friedberg, who adds that Huntington had an irritating habit of being proved right. (Photograph from Harvard U.)

First National Picture of Trends in the Humanities Is Unveiled

PATENTING TEAM: The University of Pennsylvania and Arizona State University join forces on technology transfer in an experiment that will allow each one to take advantage of the other's expertise in commercializing their researchers' findings.

DISMAL FORECAST: At the annual meeting of the American Economic Association, attendees expressed fear that the United States may well be entering a long period of financial stagnation.

POSSIBLE LEADER OF NIH: Francis S. Collins, a former director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, may be in line to head the National Institutes of Health.

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