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...compliments for the excellent piece on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service. The agency is one of the reasons for the high level of U.S. agricultural productivity. Many policymakers in different countries don't know that it is impossible to have successful, competitive agriculture without good, basic research. And so those countries are condemned to a certain degree of poverty. Their leaders don't recognize that money spent on agricultural research is one of the best investments for the future. Those countries think it is something for rich people, while it is exactly the opposite. Miguel Mota...
...basic fact is that most of the information is just plain wrong,” said Franklin Steen, director of computer services for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. “We were very puzzled...
...basic view of Conant today is pretty favorable. The Harvard administration continues to put forth that view while ignoring the actual trend,” said Norwood, who claimed that Conant “was not just silent” towards anti-Semitism, but “actively collaborated in it.” Norwood said Conant refused to hire many Jewish professors and insisted that Harvard maintain friendly ties with German universities, despite knowing their curricula had been modified to support Nazi beliefs...
...special envoy, would help Blair at home, where the biggest obstacle to re-election next year isn't his moribund Conservative opposition but his own party's scorn for his unswerving allegiance to Bush's agenda. The gesture would also help rehabilitate Blair in Europe, where his basic argument - that by staying close to Bush he boosts the European Union's influence - is looking pretty threadbare...