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Over the years, Mr. Greenberg has been an often lonely voice championing the public's right to know how wisely scientists were spending its hard-earned money. It is probably fair to say that, through the medium of his newsletter, Science and
Government Report, Mr. Greenberg pretty well invented a new
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481:"Columbia College Today"
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