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...Unscientific America you've moved on to a more overarching discussion about "scientific illiteracy" in society that threatens to hinder productivity in the U.S. What are some ways we've fallen behind or are in danger of falling behind? Science drives innovation which drives growth, and the concerns are very serious that we are slipping in that area. There are attempts to address it but they are nothing like what you saw after Sputnik when we really, really decided that we were going to be competitive. We're not throwing everything into it. People just aren't in tune...
...been operating for a decade, and had survived martial law in Poland when there was no thought of such a movement in other Eastern bloc countries. Of course, Gorbachev played a significant role in that he allowed Poland to hold partially free elections - the first country behind the Iron Curtain to do so. But it was the boldness of the Solidarity movement, and the millions of Poles who risked arrest or worse by voting for it, that paved the way for the Berlin Wall to fall five months later. Anna Spysz, CRACOW, POLAND...
With the recruiting process now behind him, Brown will focus on his senior season, looking to cap off a high school career in which he’s excelled in one of the most competitive conferences in the country...
...pictures of Michelle Obama behind the scenes...
...Marseille - though limits it to those areas. The text calls for Sunday work to be left optional for employees and paid higher than other days, but opponents say those stipulations will be ignored once bosses start ordering employees fearful of losing their jobs to take on dominical work behind closed doors, and on management's terms...