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THE BOSTON GLOBE TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1990 Acting-dean Rosovsky rules out candidacy for Harvard presidency By Anthony Flint GLOBE STAFF One scenario was that Rosovsky could serve for six years or so, carry- ing Harvard through its planned $2.5 billion fund drive. Talk also 'sUr- faced about creating the position of provost, which could be filled with' someone who could be groomed to succeed Rosovsky. 1 In the statement, Rosovsky made i- i ms fv- A major stumbling block to his candidacy was his age; Harvard is reported to be looking for a president between 38 and 50 years old, who could serve for at least 10 years. Another problem was that Rosovsky is a member of the Harvard Corpo-, ration and sits on the search committee to select a new president. However, Rosovsky still had been considered a backup candidate one who could serve if no outsider was deemed suitable.

At the beginning of the summer, a boomlet of support grew around his candidacy. He was seen as having the cooperation and respect of the faculty, the ability to raise money and the knowledge of how Harvard works. iciereiiue 10 uie speculation con- cerning my candidacy" over the three months and said he believed it -was "important for me to make my position clear to members of our communitv and anvone se who maybe interested." A decision on a successor to Bok, Henry Rosovsky, the acting dean of the faculty of arts and sciences at Harvard University who has been viewed as the leading campus insider to succeed retiring president Derek C. Bok, has ruled out becoming the Ivy League school's chief executive. 1 "I am not a do not wish to be a candidate.

I do not intend to become a candidate," Rosovsky said in a statement. "I do desire to work with my colleagues on the search committee and to assist them to the best of my ability in their critical task: to find a new leader for our university." The statement, which he sent last week to the Harvard Gazette, the university's official newspaper, and which was published Friday, appears to slam the door on the notion that the popular 62-year-old economist would succeed Bok. Rosovsky, who was once considered for the presidency of Yale University, was viewed as the only obvious campus insider who could succeed Bok, who is stepping down next June. GLOBE STAFF PHOTO DAVID RYAN BAiLGUT With instructor Debi Cate at the tiller, youngsters in the sailing program at UMassBoston bail their boat before a lesson yesterday. who served since 1971, is expected by the end of the year.

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"What the hospital or pediatrician models to the parent is what the parent will do," she said. "Nobody is trying to twist people's arms and make them do something they don't want to do." Energy costs vs. disposal costs But T. Scott Stewart of Procter Gamble which manufactures the disposable brand Pampers, said an analysis of cloth versus disposables done by the Arthur D. Little Co.

of Cambridge found cloth diapers took enormous amounts of energy and water to clean. He said that people mistakenly believe disposables are a major problem in landfills and that many hospitals have considered the switch but stayed with disposables. "The real challenge for us," Stewart said of the disposable industry, "is to make sure decision makers in 95 percent of American hospitals who use disposables have the facts." Carl Lehrburger of Great Bar-rington, who has written studies on diapers in the waste stream for a New York energy company and the nondisposable industry, said he found single-use disposables account for 2 percent of municipal solid waste and up to 4.5 percent of household waste. "We have now reached a point where we must question not only" By Andy Dabilis GLOBE STAFF CONCORD There was a different feel to the diapers being put on newborns at Emerson Hospital yesterday: cotton. Eighteen years after switching to disposable diapers, Emerson became one of the first few hospitals in the state to switch back to reusable, cloth diapers, prompted by requests from families, pediatricians and environmentalists.

"We share our community's concern for environmental reasons," said Rina K. Spence, president of Emerson Hospital, pointing out that disposable diapers are clogging landfills. But, she said, the switch will also save the hospital about $1,000 a year by using a diaper service. More than 106,000 diapers a year are used at the hospital, about 90,000 in the nursery, which last year handled almost 2,000 births. At a recent display of the new cloth diapers, Srjence stood in a nursery while reporters and observers watched how the hourglass-shaped piece with Velcro attachments that eliminate the need for pins was put on the baby of Andy and Julie Russell of Chelmsford.

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JJLU even find a quicker VvfetJ I w-- $125m recommended for rail A I in i flf HiWiffH 1 in New Haven and permit continuous high-speed electric train service from Boston to New York and on to Washington. Two European companies, ABB Brown Boveri of Sweden and Siemens A.G. of West Germany, have told the Federal Railway Administration that they would like to bid on an electrification project between Boston and New Haven. Approximately $100 million is earmarked for such infrastructure improvements as the modernization of signal and track work between Canton and New Haven, the renovation of the Canton viaduct so trains can travel at high speeds and upgrading of bridges in Hyde Park plus higher platforms at the Route 128 station in Westwood. Not included in the Senate com mittee bill is money for new trains The House has approved $16 million for dual propulsion diesel and elec tric locomotives but has not authorized the extensive funding for infra structure improvements between Boston and New Haven.

A dual powered locomotive could reduce the to 5-hour trip by more than 20 minutes by not having to change engines in Kfcw Haven, Coogan said. By Ronald Rosenberg GLOBE STAFF A US Senate committee approved a plan on Friday to spend $125 million for infrastructure improvements on the rail corridor between Boston and New York, a first step toward a three-hour train trip between the two cities. Although the full Senate, the House of Representatives and a joint conference committee must still act on the legislation, Sen. John Kerry and the state undersecretary of transportation, Matthew A. Coogan, hailed the committee's approval.

A spokesman for Kerry said he expects the compromise legislation from the conference committee to reach President Bush's desk by mid-October. "This project holds the promise of substantially reducing highway congestion and overcrowding airways that cause delays for Logan travelers," Kerry said. Of the $125 million, $25 million is for the design of an electrification system between New Haven, and Boston a requirement that eliminates the need to change from diesel locomotives to electric power FOR COMPUTE DETAILS ON NEW FINANCING OPTIONS, SEE YOUR PARTICIPATING AUTHORIZED BMW DEALER..