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Archives – Spring 1999

Issues — Thu, 01 Apr 1999 05:00:00 +0000

The NAS Building
Seventy-five years ago Washington luminaries dedicated the headquarters building of the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council. NAS President Albert A. Michelson, the first U.S. Nobel prize winner, presided… Read More

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Spring 1999 Update

Issues — Thu, 01 Apr 1999 05:00:00 +0000

As invasive species threat intensifies, U.S. steps up fight
Since our article “Biological Invasions: A Growing Threat” appeared (Issues, Summer 1997), the assault by biological invaders on our nation’s ecosystems has intensified.… Read More

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The Perils of Keeping Secrets

Issues — Thu, 01 Apr 1999 05:00:00 +0000

Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan was the chairman of a recent Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy that provided a searching critique of the government’s system of national security classification. His new… Read More

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Saving Marine Biodiversity

Issues — Thu, 01 Apr 1999 05:00:00 +0000

For centuries, humanity has seen the sea as an infinite source of food, a boundless sink for pollutants, and a tireless sustainer of coastal habitats. It isn’t. Scientists have mounting evidence of… Read More

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Collaborative R&D, European Style

Issues — Thu, 01 Apr 1999 05:00:00 +0000

Technology Policy in the European Union describes and evaluates European public policies that promote technological innovation and specifically “collaborative efforts at the European level to promote innovation and its diffusion.” The book… Read More

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The State Role in Biodiversity Conservation

Issues — Thu, 01 Apr 1999 05:00:00 +0000

The United States today is in the midst of a biodiversity crisis. For a variety of reasons, including habitat loss and degradation and exotic species invasions, fully one-third of our species are… Read More

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Environmental Activism

Issues — Thu, 01 Apr 1999 05:00:00 +0000

Christopher H. Foreman, Jr., a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, argues that the promises offered by the environmental justice movement are relatively modest, whereas its perils are potentially significant. Writing in… Read More

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The Age of Hubris and Complacency

Issues — Thu, 01 Apr 1999 05:00:00 +0000

It’s early March. The Dow is getting ready to add a digit. The U.S. military is flexing its muscles in Iraq and Kosovo. The chattering class is contentedly chewing on the paltry… Read More

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Forum – Spring 1999

Issues — Thu, 01 Apr 1999 05:00:00 +0000

Strengthening U.S. competitiveness
I very much enjoyed reading Debra van Opstal’s “The New Competitive Landscape” (Issues, Winter 1999). I and several of my colleagues are actively grappling with the problems of technological… Read More

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From the Hill – Spring 1999

Issues — Thu, 01 Apr 1999 05:00:00 +0000

President’s budget would cut FY 2000 R&D spending by $1 billion
Although the Clinton administration is projecting big surpluses in the federal budget in the coming years, President Clinton’s proposed fiscal year… Read More

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