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TIME: In recent speeches, you've been warning about a "silent crisis" in education and basic research...
TIME: Are you lobbying the government for more funding of long-term basic research...
ENGIBOUS: We are working on it. There is a growing realization that the U.S. lead in electronics has been the result of investments made 30 to 35 years ago. Nanotechnology is the next generation. But we do not have the basic research in physical sciences to lead in nanotechnology. It's a neck-and-neck horse race, if you've read what the Chinese, India, the Japanese and the Taiwanese are doing...
...those who find likeability too much of a stretch, Sanders advises that at the very least they should strive to be polite. The basic rules are pretty, well, basic: No screaming, hanging up phones, slamming doors and expressing biting sarcasm. The bottom line for really slow learners: "Just be quiet and stop being so unfriendly...
...ahead or even just survive. He didn't invent these precepts; Dale Carnegie, the granddaddy of self-improvement, sold more than 30 million copies of his 1936 classic, How to Win Friends and Influence People, by advocating similar behavior. But Sanders' book is a pleasing restatement of some basic principles. People who find these truths to be self-evident are likely to be the ones who need them least. "Men are the worst at this," Sanders reports. "They won't smile...